Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020 | 2 a.m.
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The Culinary Union has come out against “Medicare for All.” It wants to keep its hard won medical insurance. This definitely sounds reasonable, but you don’t have to dig very deep to understand why this is not a great idea.
1) What if the Culinary workers go on strike or lose their jobs? Its workers would lose their insurance. With Medicare for All, they’d have insurance.
2) What about their children once they turn 26? These kids will be hard pressed to find good, affordable insurance. With Medicare for All, they’d be covered.
3) The union seems to have forgotten about its millions of working brethren who have no insurance or have to pay outrageous prices to get insurance. With Medicare for All, all workers will be covered.
4) If we all were covered by Medicare for All, union time would be freed up to be spent negotiating better wages and working conditions, livable work schedules and other issues.
I’m not sure why the Culinary Union opposes Medicare for All. Most industrialized countries have this system of health care insurance. Isn’t it time the U.S. joined them?
