%0 Report
        %A Blanchflower, David G.
        %T Happiness and Health Care Coverage
        %D 2009
        %8 2009 Sep
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 4450
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp4450
        %X In this paper I examine the characteristics of adults who report on whether they have health care coverage and of people who say that they are unable to see a doctor over the preceding year because of the cost. I make use of a unique data set, the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a phone survey undertaken in the United States for the years 2005-2009. I find evidence that not having the ability to see a doctor because of an inability to pay is a major and substantial source of unhappiness in the United States, even for people with high income.
        %K life satisfaction
%K health care coverage