Employer-sponsored healthcare in the U.S. is an accident of history. How we got to now: 1. Roosevelt chose to forego nationalizing healthcare when he introduce

Employer-sponsored healthcare in the U.S. is an accident of history. How we got to now: 1. Roosevelt chose to forego nationalizing healthcare when he introduced social security in the 30's, fearing it would doom both to failure. 2. The U.S. feared debilitating inflation during WWII. The legislature passed a bill to limit employers' ability to raise wages for workers who were battling for employees in a scarce labor pool. 3. Unintended consequences ensued. To attract workers, employers began to offer non-salary perks: employer-sponsored healthcare was one. 4. The economic and labor boom post-WWII entrenched employer-sponsored healthcare and has led us to where we are today.