That's really a myth put out by Bernie Sanders and those on the left. While it is true that wages alone have not kept up with productivity, if you add in benefits, total compensation has kept up with productivity.

http://www.nber.org/digest/oct08/w13953.html

So what we lose in money, we gain in health insurance being ungodly expensive?

Maybe, but: Is that Daqris fault? Or societys fault for not making sure that there is adequate compensation? Or .. something else or ..?