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>Why do we connect medical benefits to employers? It could arguably be traced back to the war time rationing of WWII: >To combat inflation, the 1942 Stabiliza
by desdiv 8y ago
>Why do we connect medical benefits to employers?
It could arguably be traced back to the war time rationing of WWII:
>To combat inflation, the 1942 Stabilization Act was passed. Designed to limit employers' freedom to raise wages and thus to compete on the basis of pay for scarce workers, the actual result of the act was that employers began to offer health benefits as incentives instead.
[0] https://www.griffinbenefits.com/employeebenefitsblog/history-of-employer-sponsored-healthcare https://www.griffinbenefits.com/employeebenefitsblog/history...
[1] https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-obamacare-health-care-employers-20170224-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-ob...
- jandrese 8y agoIronically that is probably a contributing factor for the lack of socialized healthcare in the US. The law of unintended consequences strikes again.
- ghaff 8y agoAlmost certainly. And then post-WWII, good medical benefit plans got enshrined in a lot of collective bargaining agreements and became pretty much the standard for large employers generally. At which part, taking them away is going to be very difficult.