This week, a new report by the Movement Advancement Project adds evidence to Wiener's concerns. "Disproportionate Impacts of COVID-19 on LGBTQ Households in the U.S." was compiled using the findings and analysis of a nationally representative online and phone survey conducted by the Harvard T.H.
Chan School of Public Health, NPR, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. While it doesn't specifically address health care, the report did find that nearly two-thirds of LGBTQ people and their families experienced a job loss or disruption, compared to just under half (45%) of non-LGBTQ households.
As we know, when there is a job loss or disruption, people often lose their health insurance if it is provided by employers. (The survey included 3,454.