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Comment by Arainach

4 hours ago

Hard to have apprenticeships when you're dependent on your employer for health care

It’s easy to go to healthcare.gov and buy health insurance without an employer.

You just don’t get to buy it with pre tax income, and most employers don’t or can’t pay enough for people to afford the premiums and out of pocket maximums. If you are young and without kids and assets to seize, you might as well ignore health insurance.