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crazyjncsu
2129 days ago
Uber drivers pay taxes on earnings as contractors too. This at least partially covers ACA subsidies (if not fully).
And we subsidize employer-provided healthcare also, hence its existence.
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InitialLastName
2129 days ago
Employer-provided healthcare is a byproduct of WWII-era price-fixing that gave employers no way to compete on wages (so they started competing on benefits, including healthcare).
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crazyjncsu
2129 days ago
Yes, but we still subsidize it by allowing those earnings to be tax-free.
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