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Locking talent into positions they are not suited to is a bad allocation of labor resources. Universal healthcare would save money, save lives, improve labor mobility, encourage entrepreneurship and improve the economy overall. Also it would make people happier which is just nice.

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About 24% of U.S. employees stay in unwanted jobs just for health insurance, a report out Wednesday finds. Up significantly since 2021, the uptick in "job lock" is a concerning sign for the U.S. economy. n.pr/4gQIY5E

n.prStaying in a job for the health insurance? About 1 in 4 Americans do, a survey saysAbout 24% of U.S. employees stay in unwanted jobs just for health insurance, a report out Wednesday finds. Up significantly since 2021, the uptick in "job lock" is a concerning sign for the U.S. economy.

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Dealing with health insurance (and the added struggle of Rhode Island's uniquely bad medical infrastructure) has been one of the biggest obstacles to being a small business owner here.

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“I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.” ― Stephen Jay Gould, The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History