U.S. workers are staying in unwanted jobs for health insurance

Nearly a quarter of America's workforce — twenty-three million workers — are staying in jobs they don't want just to keep their health insurance, according to a Gallup analysis reported by Axios. Women and those with chronic conditions feel the squeeze most; thirty percent of women report job lock compared to twenty percent of men. The pattern reflects a broader healthcare affordability crisis: large employers are raising premiums up to ten percent this year, and five million Americans dropped coverage in twenty twenty-six after the Trump administration declined to extend subsidies under the Affordable Care Act.

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