NC Voices: Job Loss & Health
Friday, October 05 2007
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The percentage of people without health insurance goes up every year. One of the main reasons is that most people get insurance through their jobs and many employers are dropping health coverage. Four years ago, in the biggest lay-off in state history, thousands of people who worked for the Pillowtex Corporation near Charlotte became unemployed on the same day. Losing their job, and their health insurance, was a particularly tough blow. As part of our series "North Carolina Voices: Diagnosing Health Care" Leoneda Inge reports.
More information about issues heard in this report:
- Decline in Employment Based Health Insurance in North Carolina
- North Carolina Among States that Lead Nation in Trade Related Lay-Offs
