One of the last groups that I would have believed would join in the party that is the ownership society, has now jumped in head first. The Unions are now in charge of there own health care.
It is an event that hasn't passed unnoticed, but the impact of the decision might be huge. UAW is taking on responsibility for its own retiree health care. (deep breath, deep breath) (give me a second) Wow. That is just great.
As a Wall Street Journal op-ed put it, "The UAW meets the ownership society." The article goes on to mention that the more "skin" people have in health care the more they pay attention to their own health and the costs.
Now that UAW has more at risk than just upsetting an impersonal large buisness, they might act differently about how health care funding is allocated. They might actually care. Before now there job was just to get as much money as they possibly could. They didn't care beyond that.
The more "skin" anyone has in any game the smarter their decisions become.
For more about ownership and health care check out Dr. Goodman's, the President of the National Center for Policy Analysis, blog here, NCPA
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