text: I learned this when I want to my local lab to get a blood draw. 
  Looks like the new subcontractor will not pay benefits, saving PeaceHealth money. If we had socialized health care, the number of available staff would be kept at a minimum, so the actual number of people who work in the industry would likely be low. But the workers would not be faced with losing healthcare. Yet, my understanding is that new proposed law will allow for affordable, quality healthcare that we get to choose. Waiting for that. Skeptical.
  As long as our healthcare system is a capitalist one, the companies will try to do less for more. And the people will want more for less. Will the two meet at an affordable price-point? Have they so far? I paid 15% of my income on insurance last year.  As a percent of GDP it's 17. So I am pretty close which makes sense. Check out this chart: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.TOTL.ZS