What Happens When Health Insurance is Linked to Employment: Because of job losses due to the pandemic, over the last 4 months, 5.4 million laid-off workers became uninsured, which means that 40% more Americans are ‘going bare.—‘ meaning without insurance. This is what happens when healthcare insurance is tied to employment instead of just being a ‘product’ individuals/families can buy, like any other insurance product—think home insurance or car insurance...People don’t get those products through employers, so why force health insurance to be bought through employers? Nevertheless, no federal COVID-19 legislation signed into law has attempted to restore or preserve comprehensive health insurance. Selected Excerpt: ‘Now is the time to fill that gap by including protections for comprehensive health insurance in the next COVID-19 bill.’ …see more