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This. 100% this. The real thing we should be championing isn't forcing companies like Uber to pay for healthcare because health care is so important.

If healthcare is so important, which it is, our taxes should be paying for it, yes, even (edit: for) the people that don't have work.

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Until that safety net exists, it's important that people are provided with health insurance by whatever means are necessary and available. Right now, the system is set up such that health insurance is provided though employers.

Champion the safety net, but also recognize that people need healthcare right now.

> Right now, the system is set up such that health insurance is provided though employers.

Anyone who's self employed (like contractors) already purchases their own health insurance directly.

Or, doesn’t.

There is nothing stopping California from increasing corporate taxes and providing health care to everyone in the state.

Why go through the Rube Golberg solution?

As byzantine as it is, it's more comfortable and familiar than adopting a new unknown system.

So let’s pass more laws that make it more difficult for freelancers, independent truck drivers, etc to earn money as they wish.

Jason Snell for instance was the editor in chief of MacWorld. He was laid off and decided to go full time with his blog, podcasts, etc.

He also wanted to do freelance writing. Now, it’s harder for him to do freelancing because of California laws.

States have much less power to tax than the federal government. Something as big as healthcare funding reform is very difficult to do at the state level.

States can tax income in their own state even corporate tax.

So if Americans are mostly agreeing with it, they should vote for politicians working on this issue. We'll see how it goes this election season.

This isn't about healthcare. Part time employees don't receive it; instacard doesn't provide healthcare to their shoppers as it caps hours at 30 (http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-instacart-shop...).

It's just workers comp and minimum wage.

The key phrase you failed to comprehend was "root cause" two posts up. That's where it was asserted that it is about healthcare. Your comment is therefore out of context.

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