The loss of health insurance is often the biggest blow a family receives when the main breadwinner loses her job. After all, you can always move in with family and friends if worst comes to worst and they can help with housing and food expenses, but if you lose your health insurance, the smallest medical intervention can push you into bankruptcy. In the worst cases, you may not have the resources to receive the treatment or buy the medicines you need.

The State of Tennessee offers assistance to unemployed workers who have lost their jobs due to foreign trade or whose pensions are taken over by the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation or PBGC.