EPISODE · Jul 22, 2026 · 0 MIN
1 in 4 US employees say they don’t like their job but stay for the health insurance
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You don't like your job, but you do like your health insurance. So, you stay put. Nearly a quarter of U.S. employees are in that situation, according to a new poll from Gallup and West Health. That's up 8 percentage points over the last five years, rising right alongside the cost of health care. Staying in an unwanted gig for insurance -- what's known as "job lock" -- is more prevalent among women, people with chronic conditions, and those earning less than $90,000 a year. The poll calls it "a powerful constraint on worker mobility, productivity, entrepreneurship and wage growth." (Photo by Getty Images)
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