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For many Americans, layoff means loss of health insurance

Consequences of the unemployment driven by the novel coronavirus pandemic will reverberate through the U.S. economy for months, if not years. One result: as millions of Americans lose their jobs, they are also losing their health care coverage -- and for many, there aren't affordable insurance alternatives available. Paul Solman reports on the connection between employment and health insurance.

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