Unemployed, uninsured overlap is sobering COVID-19 reality in North Carolina
https://www.greensboro.com/news/local_news/unemployed-uninsured-overlap-is-sobering-covid-19-reality-in-north-carolina/article_e6f4b693-9e26-5f3d-aec4-b7149c0a7a44.html
Having more than 1 million North Carolinians — and counting — applying for unemployment insurance benefits has been perhaps the most sobering economic statistic from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Running on a parallel track is the projection that 723,000 North Carolinians — and counting — have lost health insurance coverage as a result of job cuts, layoffs and furloughs, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation report.
The loss of health insurance affects those who were employed, as well as their dependents.