Nearly half of US gig workers report difficulty accessing health insurance, the study finds
(Photo: Shutterstock)Freelance work has a negative impact on the ability of nearly half of US gig workers to find access to health insurance. In addition, many are stressed and frustrated by the lack of a social safety net, according to a study by Legal & General Group, a financial services company in the United Kingdom.
“The pandemic has made it abundantly clear that we can’t have economic health without physical health,” said Sir Nigel Wilson, the company’s CEO. “Health care coverage is considered a given in the most wealthy, industrialized nations. American gig workers expressing insecurity over their coverage acts as a call to action for companies to tackle this deeply embedded divide. The private sector has the collective know-how and financial wherewithal to develop creative leveling-up solutions that make both social and fiscal sense.”
Among the other findings:
- Twenty-three percent of gig workers have no health insurance.
- Sixty-nine