RainfallSonata@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 11 months agoChick-Fil-A staff in the rain.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square243fedilinkarrow-up1876arrow-down145
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minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·11 months agoDamn, that’s the worst unintended consequence since employer-provided healthcare.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·11 months agoEmployer provided healthcare happened under the Nixon administration, so this happened before that in the 50s
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months 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-up3·11 months 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