system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: When did American Healthcare become so terrible, ie when did jobs with benefits become the epitome of a career?
gpt
Health care being tied to employment started in World War 2. The government realized that with a lot of young men joining the military, and the increase in military production, that there would be a serious labor shortage. To try to control things somewhat they prevented employers from increasing wages. Once employers couldn't compete for labor using pay, they started looking for other perks that they could offer, one of which was 'free' health care. It stuck around after the war as something that people sort of expected.