[recursivedoubts]

tying healthcare to employment and making two-earner households the norm has been a disaster for labor power

now your employer holds you hostage via health care & if one spouse loses a job the other is not able to quickly replace part of that income

[bobthepanda]

i mean, the income replacement thing was a lot worse when there was only one breadwinner. at least with a two income household you have something.

[recursivedoubts]

No, now two (rather than one) incomes is required for a middle class lifestyle for most couples so there is no labor safety blanket available to temporarily allow the other couple to look for work.