7.28.20 How to handle health insurance if you've been laid off; Is now a good time to buy a home?

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.6 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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In some states, almost 1/4 of citizens are without health coverage due to the pandemic and having lost their job. Clark talks about where to look for healthcare coverage. You should specifically look to the healthcare exchange at Healthcare.gov. You may be eligible for a heavily subsidized policy if your income has been drastically reduced. Clark discusses the state of the housing market and how things are shaping up in regards to inventory and pricing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.0	So I've had a number of questions from people considering buying homes,
0:52.0	wanting to know if this is a good time or not to buy a home.
0:56.0	I have more for that on that for you coming up later in today's show.
1:03.0	Right now I want to talk about something that is becoming a beast of a burden on so many American families.
1:12.0	A huge number of millions of Americans, some estimates right around 6 million American families,
1:20.0	have lost their employer-provided health insurance as a result of layoffs that have occurred during coronavirus.
1:30.0	And certain states, mostly in the South, have extremely high levels of people who do not have health coverage right now.
1:41.0	Texas 29%, Oklahoma 24%, Georgia 23%, Florida 25%.
1:51.0	So you think about that.
1:53.0	You have Texas and Florida two of the nation's most popular states.
1:57.0	One with 25% of people in Florida not having health coverage.
2:02.0	Texas 29%.
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