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    Opinion: The downside of strong growth in health care jobs: higher costs

    We need strong incentives to improve health care labor productivity. Robots replacing administrative jobs should be welcomed as a way to make health care more affordable.
    by Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Bob Kocher Jan 14, 2020 3 minutes

    Jobs growth soars (CNBC). November Job Growth Booms (USA Today). US economy smashes forecasts (Business Insider).

    That enthusiasm was the general reaction to the November jobs report tallying an increase of 266,000 jobs.

    But inside that report is a dark cloud that went largely unnoticed: the addition of 45,000 jobs in health care. Over the last 12 months, health care has added . And that doesn’t include jobs in the health insurance industry, which are classified under financial activities, and jobs in the pharmaceutical sector, which are classified

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