This was a front-page story at the Wall Street Journal today. It should bring home the problem with lack of benefits in America. Also see Mark Thoma’s post yesterday on health care called "The Hottest Places in Hell are Reserved for Those Who, in Times of Moral Crisis, Maintain a Neutrality".
A link to the WSJ print story is at the bottom.
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Slump Spreads to Health Care as Michigan Loses Auto Jobs – WSJ