Economists say rising healthcare costs could lead to you losing your job

In a piece for Fast Company on new research about rising healthcare costs' effects on unemployment, reporter Shalene Gupta cited Harris Assistant Professor Zarek Brot-Goldberg: 

Many think that it’s insurers or employers who bear the burden of rising healthcare prices. We show that it’s really the workers themselves who are impacted,” Zarek Brot-Goldberg, said in a statement. “It’s vital to understand that rising health care prices aren’t just impacting patients. Rising prices are hurting the employment outcomes for workers who never went to the hospital.”

Read the full piece here: https://www.fastcompany.com/91145592/health-care-insurance-costs-job-layoffs-study