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Before World War II people bought their own health insurance. When the US government imposed salary freezes during the war, employers offered benefits such as h
by giardini 7y ago
Before World War II people bought their own health insurance. When the US government imposed salary freezes during the war, employers offered benefits such as health insurance to entice potential employees. Those benefits were also tax-free. When the war ended the system stayed in place.
IOW we once had no employer-paid health insurance and we could shift back to such a system. All the same, I would expect a pay raise if it happened.
"History of USA employer-provided health insurance":
https://www.peoplekeep.com/blog/part-1-the-history-of-u.s.-employer-provided-health-insurance-post-world-war-ii https://www.peoplekeep.com/blog/part-1-the-history-of-u.s.-e...
- rumanator 7y agoSomething is very wrong in a society when a worker depends on retaining his employment relationship with his current employer to have access to healthcare. Your employer should not have such power over the health of you and your family, and conversely the power to cut off your and your family's access to healthcare.
- taurath 7y agoIt’s great for the employers, and all they have to do is astroturf their employees that it’s somehow good for them and they’re getting a great deal and any alternative is worse.
- rumanator 7y agoI mean, it's also great for the employee to have access to healthcare. Better to have than to have not. Yet, a society has a huge problem if the best it can do for it's citizens is to deepen the control of employees over vital aspects of their employees lives.
- taurath 7y agoIt’s not great if it means the employee gets worse quality care for more cost than anywhere else. Better than the alternative? The problem is in the question, not the choice.