History: Why is healthcare tied to the workplace?

(TIMELINE 2005: Gov. Romney is working on a universal health care plan for Massachusetts)

Excerpt: While employers first started experimenting with health coverage during the war [WWII/FDR era], the next decade saw a huge expansion of corporate health benefits. Between 1946 and 1957, the number of US workers receiving health coverage through an employer jumped by a factor of 12. By 1957, firms were covering 12 million workers plus 20 million dependents. The employer-based system was well suited to the America of Dwight D. Eisenhower, a time when healthcare was relatively inexpensive-amounting to less than 5 percent of Gross Domestic Product, as opposed to nearly 15 percent today [2005]-and when many Americans spent their entire working lives toiling for one company.

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D-Day Remembered

Mary Katherine Ham has put together a collection of D-Day photos, video clips, recordings and remembrances of heroes of this day in 1944 at Townhall.com. The title is, D-Day: On the Beaches, Over the Cliffs, and Behind the Lines. She ends her piece with, "God rest all their souls."

Photo: General Dwight D. Eisenhower

The Combat Report has put together a parody video leaving something to think about. Would it have made a difference in the outcome of WWII had the greatest generation been burdened with today's media? D-Day: Crisis on Omaha Read More......