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(56,582 posts) Sun Nov 1, 2015, 11:59 AM Nov 2015

Yes, that was a WWII-era way to get around wage limits

Wages were fixed during the war, but the companies wanted a way to attract more workers, so they lobbied to make health care "not count" as a wage, which also made it advantageous for their taxes.