Why on Earth do you think an employer owes an employee medical insurance ?

There are two reasons why employers provide insurance (1) Insurance companies have a lot of clout, and they want to sell a lot of insurance. (2) Employers know that if they get the employee on benefits, the employee will be reluctant to move to a better job, I have seen this with my own eyes (call it life experiance ), the insurance companies are part of this with their continous coverage requirements and pre-existing condition crap......

What is wrong with an employee deciding what to do with his/her own money ? A lot of employees in this area will gladly take an extra dollar per hour instead of medical insurance !

People need to plan their life/income, it's not my fault if they are dumb enough to take a job that won't keep them fed....that problem would fix itself and fast, IF the entitlement sh!t (your word) would go away.