CalRefugee
2011-09-24 10:43:46
But the only reason people expect someone else to pay for it is because of government policies in the ’40′s, where government wage controls meant employers could not reward their employees for the incredible work they had done during the war. Since employers couldn’t raise wages, they started giving employees non-wage perks, specifically health insurance coverage. The whole employer-paid insurance phenomenon was another unintended consequence of government meddling in the free market. If employers had been allowed to raise compensation, health insurance would never have gotten tied to employment.
