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One of the main reasons employers want to keep healthcare private; enormous leverage against labor, organized or not..

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[-] unfreeradical@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Hospitals want other employers to provide health coverage.

[-] tryptaminev@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

They also dont want a lawsuit because a sick employee couldnt afford healthcare and had no sick days left, so he went to work and infected a dozen vulnerable patients with a disease that turned deadly for them.

[-] unfreeradical@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Has any court ever reached a judgment based on the premise that healthcare is a right?

[-] LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Lololololol good luck proving negligence in court over something like that.

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