STAT | Reporting from the frontiers of health and medicine Follow STAT+: More workers hate their jobs, but keep them for the health insurance A new survey reveals 24% of U.S. workers stay in unwanted jobs to keep health insurance. Experts call it 'job lock.' https://www.statnews.com/2026/07/22/gallup-poll-24-percent-workers-job-lock-keep-job-health-insurance/ statnews.com