02-04-2005, 10:16 AM
DeeBye,Feb 3 2005, 06:36 PM Wrote:No, the customer is paying indirectly.We are discussing the difference between the employee paying for their own healthcare, or the employer paying. (NZ takes another option of the govt. paying via all taxpayers)
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The extent of the effect on the customer in the first two options depends on the elasticity of demand for the companies product.
The extent of the effect on the employee depends on the elasticity of demand for that particular type of employee
Both are affected.
My comment only mentioned the employee due to the quoted text that stated the "employee pays nothing"