Republicans Wanted To End Health Insurance Job-Lock Until Democrats Did It

For half a century Canadian workers have bypassed employer insurance.
Notably, Canada is happier, healthier and in better economic shape than the United States.
What don't American conservatives "get?"
Can the replacement of barbarism with civilization be that much of a threat?

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"Republicans and conservative wonks have long supported de-linking health insurance from employment in order to give workers more economic freedom. But now they're attacking Obamacare for ... doing just that. Republicans seized on a Congressional Budget Office report Tuesday to attack Obamacare for "destroying" or "costing" jobs. The reality wasn't so simple; in fact, CBO didn't project any pink slips; it said some 2 million workers would voluntarily exit the full-time labor force (over a decade) because Obamacare will make them less dependent on their employer for health insurance." Sahil Kapur in Talking Points Memo.

@ernietedeschi: Interesting that the ACA labor supply debate is revealing a totally different left/right divide over freedom than we normally see.