What Is Unemployment Insurance?

Why Congress Must Extend These Benefits

Heather Boushey explains Unemployment Insurance and why its benefits are so important to millions of Americans.

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Heather Boushey

What is unemployment insurance? How does unemployment insurance work? Why is it important for Congress to extend unemployment insurance right now?

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For more information, see:

Why We Need to Extend Unemployment Insurance Benefits
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Don’t Prevent Job Searching by Heather Boushey and Jordan Eizenga
Extending Unemployment Insurance 101, by Heather Boushey and Jordan Eizenga
Animation: How Unemployment Insurance Helps Families and the Economy

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