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CORTEZ MASTO, DURBIN INTRODUCE BILL TO PROTECT UNEMPLOYED WORKERS' HEALTH INSURANCE DURING PANDEMIC

“Thank you for fighting for our families everyday, Senator Cortez Masto,” said Geoconda Argüello-Kline, Secretary-Treasurer for the Culinary Union. “Working families depend on their health insurance during a global pandemic and the Worker Health Coverage Protection Act will ensure workers are able to get the care they need.”

“When I went on strike in the 90’s, it was because I needed health insurance for my children,” said Mario Sandoval, a Culinary Union member and food server. “Right after the strike ended, I found out that I had brain cancer, and I needed that insurance for myself. I have been in remission for 29 years, but now I have other health conditions that require me to take medicine every day. I can’t afford to pay out of pocket for COBRA benefits, and I don’t know anyone who can. Workers like me need Congress to make sure that COBRA benefits are 100% covered, especially because the economic situation we are facing right now is due to a deadly disease - we need health insurance for that.”

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