Did you ever wonder how health care insurance in America became linked with employment?  The answer is that during World War II, when wages were frozen by the government, employers objected that they would not be able to recruit or retain employees.  To offset that problem, the government offered tax exemption for employer-sponsored health insurance [...]

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During the last few weeks of December and the beginning of January, most media sources publish lists of “best” “worst” or “most important” people, events, or issues of the past year.  After looking through many of them for inspiration in the cause of building the kind of world I’d like to see, I found what [...]

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After all the hype, compromise, corruption and political weaseling, “health care reform” is looking like a cardboard cutout of meaningless legislation.  The stocks of the major insurance companies that provide health insurance are soaring.  The outlook for the American public is bleak.  But wait - at the last minute real health care reform is at [...]

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