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malloryerik
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Why Doctors Hate Their Computers (2018)
From what you can tell, is there any real and sensible reason for having health insurance paid by employers? Is it just an artifact of the past? I honestly can't see a single benefit from this system.
Xylakant
on Sept 1, 2020
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It’s an accident. The TL;DR is: During WW2 wages were frozen and employers were looking for benefits they could offer to hire workers. Health care was one.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/05/upshot/the-real-reason-th...
eru
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And afterwards wages were pro-forma unfrozen, but income tax went up to ridiculous levels in the higher brackets like 90%.
So sneaking some tax free compensation to your employees was just as valuable.
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