> Health benefits are (controversially) often like this. To elaborate, in the US, money spent on employer-provided health insurance is not taxed, but those who

> Health benefits are (controversially) often like this. To elaborate, in the US, money spent on employer-provided health insurance is not taxed, but those who pay health insurance premiums out-of-pocket must pay with after-tax dollars. This is an improvement over the pre-ACA state of affairs in which many (perhaps most) individuals would not be able to buy insurance at all, but still it's a pretty bad deal for anyone who doesn't work for a big company.