How universal health care would influence decisions about work and retirement.
The current U.S. health care system distorts individual decisions about work and retirement. After a brief explanation of how the current health care system works, this article reviews those distortions and considers how individuals would respond to the implementation of a universal health care system. The author argues that the likely adverse impacts of an employer health insurance mandate on low-skilled workers could be more than offset by a well-designed system of government subsidies.
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Jonathan Barry
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University of Oklahoma, College of Law, USA.
D003657:Decision Making; D004651:Employment; D006801:Humans; D012179:Retirement / Q000191:economics*; D018855:Single-Payer System; D014481:United States; D019472:Universal Health Insurance