Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Businesses Not Providing Health Care Programs

Businesses in Sevier County are subsidized by state or federal government programs such as TennCare or Medicare and the rest of us.

There is a court case in California, Golden Gate Restaurant Association vs. the City and County of San Francisco, that challenges part of San Francisco's new universal health care access program that requires medium and large employers to spend a certain amount on their workers' health care or pay a fee to the city.

Sevier County should impose a fee upon all businesses whose employees are not covered by a business-provided health care program.

It is time for the land owners of Sevier County as well as the business owners of Sevier County to get off the backs of the workers and taxpayers and pay their fair share for their employees' health care. Until they do, the rest of us are paying for them.

When you see a land owner or business owner driving an expensive car, living in an expensive house, returning from an expensive vacation, remember who really paid for it.

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