A Shot in the Arm

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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Derek Hawkins
4.1
by Derek Hawkins - Jul. 6, 2009

This is an original, well reasoned essay explaining how public health care could boost entrepreneurship, not stymie it as some critics have charged. Gruber covers possible financial drawbacks for businesses, while overall advocating universal care as beneficial on several fronts.

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