The lack of universal health care and sick time benefits may make Americans more vulnerable to the new coronavirus than they should be, a growing chorus of experts warns.
March 10, 2020 -- The lack of universal health care and sick time benefits may make Americans more vulnerable to the newWithout paid sick leave, people may drag themselves to work when ill. And people without insurance may be discouraged from getting tested for the virus, and perhaps eventually, from treatment, if they worry about the costs.
And even many people who are entitled to sick leave won’t have enough to stay home through a 2-week illness, or the extra days required to care for a sick family member, she says. But someone with no more than 5 days of sick leave probably isn’t going to stay home if they wake up feeling slightly under the weather -- they’re more likely going to wait until they’re extremely ill, Gould says.
Other countries have a different attitude toward sickness and work. In Germany, for instance, employees areto their full pay for up to 6 weeks of sick leave, with the government subsidizing 80% and the employer making up the rest. In Hong Kong, workers get 2 days of sick leave for every month they work in their first year of employment, and 4 days per month after the first year. In, a think tank affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles, the U.S.
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