Based on your financial expertise, provide your response or viewpoint on the given financial question or topic. The response format is open.

Why is company provided health insurance tax free, but individual health insurance is not?
All questions regarding why is activity X taxed but activity Y taxed differently boils down to: The legislature wanted to promote or discourage the activity. By making employer provided healthcare tax free to the employee, the average worker like the plan. Not only is a significant portion not coming out of my paycheck, I also don't have to pay taxes on the benefit. Some organization pushed for this and the legislature agreed.