A Shot in the Arm

Washington Monthly by Jonathan Gruber | Jul. 6, 2009 (Opinion)

Universal health insurance, far from suppressing entrepreneurship, could be a boon to it. The main reason for this is a phenomenon known as "job lock," a term coined during the last round of debate over universal health coverage in the early 1990s. Job lock refers to the fact that workers are often unwilling to leave a current job that provides health insurance for another position that might not, even if they would be more productive in that other ... Full Story »

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 by Joey Baker - Jul. 6, 2009

Good look at the health care problem from the view point of an entrepreneur.

Well worth a read!

Americans who have an alternative source of health insurance, such as a spouse’s coverage, are much more likely to be self-employed than those who don’t.

So… national health care, would actually lead to increased productivity on the business side.

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