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minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoDamn, that’s the worst unintended consequence since employer-provided healthcare.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year agoEmployer provided healthcare happened under the Nixon administration, so this happened before that in the 50s
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoEmployer provided healthcare started as a benefit during WWII because it was a loophole around wage controls. https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/why-is-health-care-expensive-wwii-wage-controls/
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoI worded it badly. While it’s true that is when the process started, Nixon changed healthcare so that it could be for profit, which it wasn’t prior to that, thereby ensuring that healthcare and employment would permanently be tied together
Damn, that’s the worst unintended consequence since employer-provided healthcare.
Employer provided healthcare happened under the Nixon administration, so this happened before that in the 50s
Employer provided healthcare started as a benefit during WWII because it was a loophole around wage controls.
https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/why-is-health-care-expensive-wwii-wage-controls/
I worded it badly. While it’s true that is when the process started, Nixon changed healthcare so that it could be for profit, which it wasn’t prior to that, thereby ensuring that healthcare and employment would permanently be tied together