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> In places like the US, employees are often terrified of getting fired or laid off because they'll lose their health insurance This is a common misunderstanding. If an American loses their job for any reason, they can always keep their current insurance through COBRA. In fact, they don't even need to take any immediate action. If they need healthcare in the month of, or month after, their loss of job, they can go ge…
> If an American loses their job for any reason This is incorrect, it's "for limited periods of time under certain circumstances" [0] (and citizenship is not required). > they can always keep their current insurance through COBRA. [...] needs to pay the full premium This is true but vastly underplays the cost. It isn't unusual for "the full premium" to be over a thousand dollars per month [1] (!). They even get to ch…
Re: Long-term unemployment leads to disengagement and apathy
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