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by scarface74 2887 days ago
My employer gives me free health care.

Your health care is not “free” it’s part of your compensation where the employer gets to choose how you’re compensated. I get healthcare via my wife’s insurance and I would much rather have the money.

In a sane society, your health care wouldn’t be tied to your employer.

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It's "free" in the same sense that the food is.
Contesting this on the grounds that until a line-item on my paystub starts showing up for the cost of a free lunch, I don't think they're comparable at all.
The line-item on your pay stub was a mandate from Obamacare for price transparency. Prior to that the employer contribution for healthcare did not appear.
"Trumpfeed" will probably have a similar requirement...