flynn23 wrote:
It's simply because they cannot afford health care. Period. Employers want to provide benefits because they know they will get higher quality employees with less churn if they do. But if they are operating on 2% net margins (Circuit City, most hospitals, anything in manufacturing) then they simply cannot afford to. Solve the root problem (cost of health care in the US) and you will eliminate the symptom (lack of or poor benefits structure for workers).
