I believe that being able to be healthy is a human right. It's impossible to live healthy in a city, on minimum wage, on 29 hours work, and once health deteriorates costs only increases specially if you're on minumum wage.
So I would forsee two outcomes: those who leave the job and those that are so miserably sick that can't come to work. GNC has to go as an online seller or out of business. No wait....the shippers "associates" also left or are sick, so anyway you look at it, out of business it is.
The real problem is America's sickcare cost. In Peru, I can walk into any hospital and with some luck get an appointment with a doctor, get my medicines and lab work coordinated in a couple of hours ($80-$300). If you need emergency treatment you get it inmediatly (surcharge $50).
That's because hospitals are not crowded at all, people are healthy and there is a semi-free($0-$25/month) government insurance plan (own hospitals, staff) that treats millions of peruvians.
The per-capita peruvian expenditure in medicines is $15 a
year!!!
Peruvian infant mortality and living expectations are exactly the same as americans!
So it' all about quality then?
American, British adults are 15 years older then parents!!!
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