Your Health Insurance and the Coronavirus Pandemic
The Coronavirus Pandemic is having an impact on every part of our lives. According to Moody’s Analytics, nearly 80 million jobs in the US are currently at risk due to the coronavirus or COVID-19, more than half of the jobs in the US economy. Impacts are being felt throughout the retail, food, hospitality, service and entertainment industries with many businesses and productions completely shutting down. If people continue to delay travel plans and cancel flights and hotel rooms, service-industry workers will likely be laid off, experts say. Health professionals advise people to only travel if necessary to lower their risk of catching the virus, but also to prevent the risk of spreading it. The virus has a median incubation rate of 5.1 days, a recent report found, which means people could travel without showing any symptoms at all. Many corporations are not paying their workers, extending health insurance benefits, or offering severance in the case of layoffs or reduced sc