Twin Cities-based insurer United Health isn’t going down the vortex of government-mandated healthcare for all. No sir, not without a fight. In addition to making its case at the organization’s nosebleed levels of hierarchy, the company is going to the trenches, recruiting its number one asset — human capital — to carry much of the grunt work for them.

In a form letter sent out to all of its employees, the company is (strongly) urging them to get on the employer’s bandwagon and send out criticisms against the recent House bill ensuring a solid public option. An obvious reason behind such moves could certainly mean protecting profits. A less evident more naive reason might be out of civic duty — an employer engaging in the public debate by simply allowing its employees to freely communicate with those who make the laws (which ultimately affect its employees’ jobs). Talk about thinking oneself into a circle… | LINK

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