[kabar]

Give employees a hit of money and let them purchase their own insurance.

Why give them money when they can get a government subsidy? And it is much more expensive buying insurance as an individual than it is for a corporation can that can do it en masse.

[FatherofFive]

And it is much more expensive buying insurance as an individual than it is for a corporation can that can do it en masse.

These are artifical savings because of tax law and constraints on the market. If we unleash the free market and introduce competition costs will decline.

The free market always drives costs down and provides better value.

[SVTCobra03]

Why give them money when they can get a government subsidy?

If they are working for a corporation, they probably make too much money to qualify for a subsidy.