US health reform push will follow 2021

Significance

The US healthcare system and its reform is a top voter concern, especially amid rising healthcare costs. Sensing a threat, the healthcare industry has spent millions of dollars fighting any expansion of public health insurance.

Impacts

• Reforms delinking healthcare from employment will decrease job attractiveness and stickiness.
• As healthcare prices rise, employers will lobby for price controls.
• Reaching agreement on healthcare reforms would be easier without split party control of government.