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Ed Dolan, senior fellow at the Niskanon Center: Employer sponsored health insurance is very important in the United States. There are no other major countries that I know of that tie health insurance to your job. We're basing our conversation on a recent essay you've written called What's Wrong with Employer Sponsored Health Insurance.

Economist Ed Dolan of the Niskanen Center talks about employer-based health insurance with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Dolan discusses how unusual it is relative to other countries that so many Americans get their health insurance through their employer and the implications of that phenomenon for the structure of the health insurance market. Dolan explores the drawbacks of this structure and makes the case for what he calls Universal Catastrophic Coverage.