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What Happens to Your Health Insurance If You Lose Your Job
Losing your job can end your health insurance too. See how COBRA, marketplace plans, and Medicaid compare on cost, deadlines, and speed.
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Insurance is a way of sharing financial risk. People pay into a pool, and the pool pays when something costly happens, such as an illness, a car crash, a house fire, or a death. Government shapes this system at every level. States license and oversee most insurers, federal agencies run or regulate major programs, and courts settle disputes over what a policy promises.
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