Health Overhaul Might Relieve 'Job Lock' Phenomenon

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MarketWatch reports that people "may feel emboldened to start businesses or change jobs because they'll no longer fear having to go without health insurance" if a health care reform bill passes. One overlooked price of the health system's current "distortions," MarketWatch terms it, is the phenomena of "job lock" where workers stay in their jobs solely for the medical benefits. "Job lock costs U.S. workers an estimated $3.7 billion every year in foregone wages, according to a 2009 report from the White House Council of Economic Advisers...


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