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These Alabama Workers Were Swamped by Medical Debt. Then Their Employer Stepped In.
(kffhealthnews.org)
this post was submitted on 20 Sep 2024
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I love and hate this.
All it takes is for the guy running the business the "old school way" to die and pass this on to his children. Then it's a crap shoot whether the kids want profit, or want to run it the same way.
Want profit and they'll start upping the rates, matching the "market" and maybe even beating it because the employees are stuck in the system and can be bled dry.
I love that something like this exists for these workers and demonstrates how freely accessible health care saves everyone (including the company) a whole bunch of money.
I hate that this is a: reliant on the goodwill of a private company and b: bold and revolutionary for the US.
I had similar thoughts. The employer is offering a health clinic and a pharmacy, and now a summer camp for the kids.
What next, a grocery store? I might be excessively pessimistic, but I worry this may eventually turn into one of those mining company towns. The company owner is benevolent so the employees are happy for now, but it doesn't seem like the employees have any real power or say here...