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How to handle healthcare costs as a gig worker

My delivery job helped during the pandemic but now I cannot get health insurance I can afford and I am one accident away from financial ruin.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The social safety net assumes traditional employment, leaving independent workers exposed to catastrophic risks they cannot individually manage.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The gig economy — structural view?”

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