COVID19 Update - Day 64

US Tests: 9,974,831
US Cases: 1,382,304
US Deaths: 78,343
Worldwide Cases: 4,342,565
Worldwide Deaths: 296,690

We all know the economy is suffering because of the virus.  Millions are newly-unemployed, and as a consequence, as many as 27 million Americans are at risk of losing their health insurance:

Soaring unemployment numbers could translate into nearly 27 million people losing their health insurance, according to a new report.

"Between March 1st and May 2nd, 2020, more than 31 million people had filed for unemployment insurance," notes the Kaiser Family Foundation report, which was released Wednesday.

"Actual loss of jobs and income are likely even higher, as some people may be only marginally employed or may not have filed for benefits."

Along with losing their jobs, Americans who previously had health insurance coverage through their employers will lose that, too.

Add this to list of ways in which Trump is failing America.  Millions of Americans are newly unable to afford health insurance --- during a pandemic, no less.  Thanks to Barack Obama and the Democrats who ran the government a decade ago, there's an obvious solution: open up federal exchanges so these families can enroll in Obamacare.

But of course, that would mean Americans would benefit from something Obama did.  So Trump would quite literally rather let people die than allow them to get health insurance:

“It is essential that we remove every barrier as quickly as possible to ensure those in our states and across the country are able to access the treatment they need,” they wrote in a Monday letter sent to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma.

“One of the most effective ways this can be done is by opening up a federal special enrollment period to give everyone the chance to enroll in a health plan that offers the coverage they need with access to any qualifying subsidies,” the governors added.

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The Trump administration said at the end of March it would not reopen enrollment under the Affordable Care Act amid the pandemic despite calls from congressional Democrats.

But of course it's even worse than that.  Trump doesn't just want to take away health coverage from the newly-unemployed during the pandemic, he wants to take it away from EVERYONE.

Once again, I have no personal update.  My life continues to be as boring as paint.  Which is a good thing, under the current circumstances.