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Of course the same rules should apply to government (publicly funded) plans and private plans. What in my post made you think I would think there should be a double standard?Does this same logic hold for government plans? For example, Medicare does not pay for dental work. Should the government get to decide who gets to keep their teeth and who doesn't?
ETA: To clarify: Medicare doesn't cover dental now. Medicare should cover dental. It should cover eye care and preventative care, too. Obviously.
But if the problem is that employers don't want to cover things they (a) can't afford or don't want to pay for or (b) don't personally approve of, then the easiest solution to the problem of employers imposing such limitations on their employees is to end employment-based health insurance. A single payer, public system would make coverage follow the individual, and would create a different accountability issue and set of solutions, having nothing to do with the vagaries of personal belief among business owners.
Therefore I, as an employee, would have just one provider to argue with over what should be covered, instead of having to have the same fight over and over every time I change jobs.
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