A National Bureau of Economic Research study suggests that increasing health care prices are driving up unemployment in the US. Investigators noted that every 1% hike in health care prices reduces an employer’s staff by 0.4%, and job losses are most prevalent among workers who make less than $100,000 a year. “It’s vital to understand that rising health care prices aren’t just impacting patients,” said study co-author Zarek Brot-Goldberg of the University of Chicago.

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