Amid sweeping layoffs, nearly 27 million Americans may have lost their employer-based health insurance, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation report released Wednesday. Not all of those people will be left uninsured, considering about 12.7 million would be eligible for Medicaid and another 8.4 million could qualify for subsidies under the Affordable Care Act. Aside from those resources, about 5.7 million people could have to shoulder the full cost of new policies or premiums from employer coverage through COBRA. The report is the latest in a series of dire projections of how the steep economic downturn has likely left millions of people without employer-based policies, which cover roughly 153 million non-elderly workers and their dependents.
Here’s what else you need to know about COVID-19 in the U.S.:
• There have been more than 1.3 million coronavirus cases and more than 82,000 deaths.
• House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled a more than $3 trillion coronavirus aid package Tuesday, providing nearly $1 trillion for states and cities, “hazard pay” for essential workers, and a new round of cash payments to individuals.
• Canada is looking to strengthen surveillance at U.S. border crossings as discussions continue between the two countries about when and how to reopen the border to nonessential travel. |
