spud:

Cost is the most pressing issue with healthcare and healthcare insurance and is the excuse used by most naysayers of universal healthcare insurance. Cost coupled with transparency are the issues blocking the passage of of universal healthcare and/or healthcare insurance. Here a little reading for you: <link> "Elevated Sedimentation Rate"

I do not believe, for the reason(s) I cited, the additional funds gained by removing this cost from the backs of employers will result in job creation or the maintenance of jobs in the US. The additonal revenues will flow out of the US to overseas investment in jobs and capital. Better to give tax credits of a draduated scale to 100% or 100+% based upon company size (startups or small companies more) and tie it to job creation in the US.

I follow Keynes