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		wombatmobile on Oct 20, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: America's True Unemployment Rate You make a compelling point about health insurance being independent of employment status. In America it is mostly the opposite - health insurance is provided as a condition of employment - so that those who suffer unemployment experience a cruel double whammy of losing their ability to care for their families health just when they need it most.

phobosanomaly on Oct 22, 2020 [–]

And those with an entrepreneurial spirit, but also a family, have a massive barrier to putting their ideas into action.

How many great companies died in the womb because someone just couldn't risk losing their health insurance.

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