More People May Quit Their Jobs Under New Health Care Law

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Some people keep jobs they hate because they need the health insurance. But soon, insurers on the open market won’t be able to deny you coverage because of pre-existing conditions. They also won’t be able to charge more if you have a health problem. So, some researchers are predicting that more people will leave their jobs. Host Ryan Warner speaks with Jonathan Gruber, a health reform expert at MIT. And joining us to talk about how this might affect Colorado specifically is Bill Lindsay, who chaired the state's Blue Ribbon commission on health care reform some years back.