The thing is, I see a huge difference between high-end health plans (for example, at places like Meta, which include IVF coverage) and middle-of-the-road plans (like my employer provides) and bare-minimum plans (like MediCal).
Which plan would we be talking about for government coverage? I assume barebones plans.
In that case, it still matters who you work for, because some employers still provide much better coverage.
Agree completely, it's easy to gloss over what that coverage would look like.
But just want to point out that "low end" Medicaid plans are frequently better in many ways in states where the program is well supported as far as coverage vs middle-of-the-road employer plans. Zero out-of-pocket expenses, and in Oregon, Washington and California they cover routine dental care as well, for example.
They typically have very restricted networks however vs employer provided plans.
He didn't say anything about government coverage. He said to stop tying coverage to employment. Doing the latter doesn't mean we have to switch to government coverage.
Instead of your employer paying you $S salary per year + paying $M per year for the premiums for whatever group plan they use they would pay you $S + $M salary and you would buy whatever health insurance you wanted directly.
Which plan would we be talking about for government coverage? I assume barebones plans.
In that case, it still matters who you work for, because some employers still provide much better coverage.