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Health insurance loss:
the case of the displaced worker
Paul Swaim
Assistant professor of economics, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Upon termination, most displaced workers lose employer-financed health insurance along with their jobs; data for 1983-84 suggest that such workers ran a high risk of remaining uninsured for extended periods, even after new employment was secured.
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