Why do companies provide health insurance in the US instead of just increasing wages by equivalent amount?

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Is it because of tax benefits or something similar? If so, couldnt the government provide the same tax benefits to individuals to make healthcare insurance more affordable to everyone?

disclaimer: I am not from the US

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During WW2, there was a pretty big labor shortage, and the stabilization act of 1942 was introduced to stop companies from offering better pay and benefits by freezing wages. Insurance and healthcare was unintentionally left out, so companies offered that, and that’s how its been ever since

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