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More than 5 million have lost health insurance and found no alternative, study finds
Jul 14, 2020

More than 5 million have lost health insurance and found no alternative, study finds

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An ambulance sits in the emergency room bay of Lincoln Medical Center on April 16, 2020. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images
Families USA says there are about 5.4 million people who have fallen between the cracks in the system. School districts weigh the safety and monetary costs and benefits of reopening. For people leaving prisons right now, reentry is especially hard.

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COVID & Unemployment

Millions of newly unemployed Americans have lost health insurance, study finds

by David Brancaccio , Nova Safo and Alex Schroeder
Jul 14, 2020
More than 5 million people who lost their jobs lost their health insurance and didn’t find an alternative.
An ambulance sits in the emergency room bay of Lincoln Medical Center on April 16, 2020.
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Parenting in a Pandemic

School districts weigh health risks and costs of reopening in the fall

by Justin Ho
Jul 14, 2020
The LA Unified School District, the second-largest in the country, will go online-only in the fall.
The Los Angeles Unified School District, which is sticking with online classes come August, has over 600,000 students. Testing them for COVID-19 could cost $300 per student over the year.
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COVID-19

Those released from prison find reentry much harder due to COVID-19

by Samantha Max
Jul 14, 2020
Finding a job, often a challenge for people who have been incarcerated, is even more difficult because of the pandemic.
A Project Return staff member counsels a former prison inmate in the organization's parking lot.
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