Building an American Insurance Bazaar
Normally I'm proud of American exceptionalism. But the reason for the mess in American health coverage has nothing to do with any maverick individualist tradition. Americans have inherited a largely accidental system of employer-based insurance that started during lean times in World War II. Wage freezes imposed by the government led employers to offer benefits instead of higher salaries. The slow institutionalization of this system is the reason Americans ... Full Story »
Posted by J Sinclaire - via Miller-McCune
