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This is nice but I think it's small potatoes compared to what could be achieved economically by decoupling healthcare from employment.


It's one less tool for abuse from employers in an otherwise imperfect system


This would be such a game changer for worker mobility and entrepreneurship.


Yeah, this is a big one. How'd that happen in the first place?


FDR froze wages during WWII while excluding insurance benefits.

That plus tax subsidies for third-party insurance and we ended up in the current mess.


I never knew that. Thanks.

A good example of disastrous 2nd order effects.


You're looking for ERISA. And the ACA.


The whole system remains a disaster, just slightly less of a disaster than it was.




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