TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Blanchflower, David G.
        TI  - Happiness and Health Care Coverage
        PY  - 2009/Sep/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 4450
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp4450
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - life satisfaction
KW  - health care coverage
        ER  -