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I grew up in Australia. Since I moved to the United States about 20 years ago, I have seen many ordinary but very capable Americans “hang in there” for years in destructive job situations because they can’t afford to be without the health insurance. Farm families, small business owners, or other entrepreneurial spirits often need a spouse in benefit-yielding employment, because chasing the American dream as a couple means walking a healthcare tightrope.

By removing the straightjacket of job-based healthcare, universal health care in the United States would tap into a vast storehouse of entrepreneurial energy and creativity, re-energizing small business with an enormous economic payoff.

The arguments in favor of universal healthcare are many, but the positive economic impacts are unexplored. The benefits of a more mobile, agile, adventurous economy, particularly as global competition intensifies, can’t be ignored. To me this consequence of universal healthcare is irresistable.

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