Finding a way to get more people, including children, covered under private health insurance sounds to me like leadership in action.
Peole who worry that this will increase costs are missing the point. The cost of the uninsured is already part of the public burden. And these costs are incurred at the highest possible rate -- through visits to emergency and urgent care facilities -- and it's all ultimately paid for by all of us who pay taxes.
Sam's vision merely moves the expenses to a lower cost, more systematic approach which is fully consistent with our model for how health care is provided in this country: as an employer provided benefit.
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re: The Equal Benefits Ordinance
Finding a way to get more people, including children, covered under private health insurance sounds to me like leadership in action.
Peole who worry that this will increase costs are missing the point. The cost of the uninsured is already part of the public burden. And these costs are incurred at the highest possible rate -- through visits to emergency and urgent care facilities -- and it's all ultimately paid for by all of us who pay taxes.
Sam's vision merely moves the expenses to a lower cost, more systematic approach which is fully consistent with our model for how health care is provided in this country: as an employer provided benefit.
Go Sam!