Faces of the crisis
May 08, 2020
3 minutes
With reporting by Anna Purna Kambhampaty, Paul Moakley and Olivia B. Waxman
MARICELA BETANCOURT, 58, JANITOR SAN JOSE, CALIF.
After decades of cleaning houses, Betancourt wanted a job with benefits, so she started working at Tesla. But her health insurance hadn’t kicked in when severe abdominal pain brought her to the ER, and then Tesla sent the janitors home without pay. The hospital bill keeps rising as her family struggles to pay it and other bills.
FRITZ FRANCOIS, 41, BELL CAPTAIN MIAMI
With no sign
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