Think of it. You buy your homeowner insurance individually, you buy your car insurance individually. Everything else in life you buy individually. What happened is Health insurance came as a byproduct of World War II, where they couldn't increase wages. So the way for businesses to attract employees was offering them health insurance. And their tax code got morphed. I think we've got to get back to where people are able to buy and again, break up these mini monopolies. (34:35–34:41)
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Asserts that employer-provided health insurance originated during World War II due to wage controls.
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