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Laid-Off Workers Struggle to Pay for Health Insurance
The United States began the New Year with 11.1 million people unemployed. In December alone, contruction companies slashed 101,000 jobs, manufacturers axed 149,000, and professional and business services issued 113,000 pink slipped. A report issued by a group advocating for health care consumers says the unemployed are finding it extremely difficult to pay health insurance premiums with their paltry unemployment benefits and alternatives are inadequate or non-existent. (6:41)
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