Continuing The Health Care Debate

By Patrick Appel

A reader writes:

Job lock is one of the under-discussed characteristics of our health care situation in the US. The economy benefits when the mobility of its workers is maximized, when workers can easily shift to positions where they're needed most. Having my health care tied to my employer and my state is a giant impediment to mobility and entrepreneurship. Of the factors the Kauffmann Foundation recommends for stimulating entrepreneurship, only education reform exceeds health care reform in importance.