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In reply to the discussion: These two things have devastated our culture and we have descended into madness. [View all]sinkingfeeling
(51,485 posts)18. Okay, I based that on my personal experience. I began
working full-time in 1968 and paid zero for the insurance provided by the state of Ohio Department of Finance. Then I worked for IBM from 1973 until 2015. It was in the 1990s before employees were asked 'to share insurance costs'.
https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/29/business/ibm-to-end-free-insurance.html
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fightforfreedom
Jun 2022
OP
The US never had free healthcare, 100% coverage. No clue what you are referring to.
Celerity
Jun 2022
#3
I'd like to see evidence of this being the case across the board (not just in a minority of cases,
Celerity
Jun 2022
#14
Just so I understand fully, you are saying that you, personally, had healthcare for decades, via
Celerity
Jun 2022
#28
Well you were indeed on of the lucky ones, 100 million plus did not have such incredible plans, so
Celerity
Jun 2022
#61
My goodness, your monthly healthcare bill is more than all my bills combined.
fightforfreedom
Jun 2022
#54
I was not saying all jobs offered free healthcare. I should have been more clear.
fightforfreedom
Jun 2022
#23
Many employee plans started to have high deductibles, from the 1950's onwards. See this:
Celerity
Jun 2022
#17
When I started working I had jobs with free healthcare. it came with the job.
fightforfreedom
Jun 2022
#16
I agree. And I don't know how long a people can keep plodding along in this sort of system
Novara
Jun 2022
#55
Sometimes I wonder why the earth doesn't shrug humans off the planet. It may yet.
Joinfortmill
Jun 2022
#36
Agreed! So much of the hate and rage in our society is rooted in economic stress
Amishman
Jun 2022
#9
There is the "we" who did it, and the "We" who refuse to be dragged down into their madness.
ancianita
Jun 2022
#43