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It's time for change. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Private healthcare makes industries less innovative. It's time for change. **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A new West Health-Gallup survey finds nearly 1 in 4 American workers stay in unwanted jobs solely for employer-sponsored health insurance, a figure that has risen sharply as ACA subsidies expired. The author argues this 'job lock' suppresses wages, worsens working conditions, and stifles innovation by preventing potential entrepreneurs from leaving employers to pursue new ideas. Drawing on personal experience with the UK's NHS, the author contends that universal healthcare would improve worker mobility, raise wages through competitive pressure, and free innovators to start new ventures — benefits that even a Cato Institute representative partially acknowledges by calling employer-tied insurance ripe for reform. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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