Health coverage during and after COVID: 6 fallouts to watch for

HealthExec May 14, 2020
Dave Pearson

Millions of Americans may take a terrible hit if the Supreme Court overturns Obamacare in 2021—after pandemic-related job losses have decimated the rolls of individuals and families who, until the crisis, were covered by employer-sponsored health insurance.

As analyzed by the Kaiser Family Foundation, the outlook under this scenario is unsurprisingly bleak.

Here are six KFF findings and projections for which the organization suggests patients, providers and payers should all brace themselves:

1. During the present public-health crisis, nearly 78 million people lived in a family in which someone lost a job.

2. The crisis has already bumped almost 27 million people off employer-sponsored insurance (ESI). Some will get back both their jobs and their coverage, but how many will...

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