Yahoo Finance October 28, 2020
Health care access and affordability is arguably more crucial than ever amid the coronavirus pandemic and a presidential election offering two different views on health care.
Record unemployment numbers led to millions of Americans losing their employer-sponsored health care coverage in 2020. And while some are enrolled in programs like Medicaid, Medicare, and COBRA, others are turning to free and charitable health care clinics.
A report from the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics (NAFC), which serves approximately 2 million patients across 1,400 clinics nationwide, found that 74% of its clinics have experienced an increase in new, unemployed patients seeking medical care.
“For many people, when they lose their jobs, they suddenly lose their insurance and they don’t have...
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