Wow. That's a great reason to advocate for universal health care in the US, because it lets people work for a more risky startup without having to worry about that particular risk!
Partially I agree. On the other hand there are alot of cases of smaller companies not paying social security and health insurz for there employees in Germany despite having universal health care.
That sounds... kind of weird, especially the "a lot of cases" part.
If you have an official company with official employees (and if either is not true, then well, everything's illegal anyway and your employees are not really employees) the health insurance will be on your toes quite quickly to pay your stuff (as I've experienced firsthand).
The only thing I can think about is having all your staff as unpaid/underpaid interns, but then they're not employees and your exploiting them anyway.
Just from the top of my head. A lot was, obviously an exaggeration, sorry for any confusion. Still, there are more than one might think.
Skipping on social security seema to be easier and more common than health care. Health care usually are insurance companies, so any missing payments are likely to be flagged. But atill it is possible to skip for a couple of months.
Social security is wired by the company to the authorities, and they usually take lknger to catch up. Ultimately these cases are found out amd prosecuted.
The main point being, even with universal health care cash stripped or just companies still find ways to not pay up.
I would have to dig a little deeper for some concrete examples and details. Just let me know if it is of any interest.
Thanks for the clarification, no need to dig deeper. I don't usually feel the need to defend anything going on this country, but this broad statement just went contrary to my experience in a) being an employee b) running a business c) talking to people doing both ;)
