He says it would cost less to help a laid-off worker buy an individual policy that is unconnected to his ex-employer's.

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The laid-off worker who has to go back at the age of 55 to retrain at a community college -- she needs a champion.

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The laid-off worker who is having to go back and retrain at the age of 55 at a community college -- she needs a champion.

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The laid-off worker who has to go back and retrain at a community college at the age of 55 to try to get a new career in a new field -- she needs a champion.

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And a succession of ordinary citizens aired their troubles at the podium: a car worker about to lose his job, a flood victim from Iowa, a laid-off textile worker with huge medical bills, and so on.

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Even though I'm bored silly, I'm still better off than your typical laid-off garment worker.

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He was pitched a book, Anatomy of Greed: The Unshredded Truth from an Enron Insider, written by a young, laid-off Enron worker named Brian Cruver .

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The laid-off furniture worker who suddenly has to retrain at the age of 55 for a new career, trying to figure out how to pay for community college -- she needs a champion.

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The wife of a laid-off oil-rig worker, who's used to him being away for weeks at a time, can't get a reprieve.

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And I would say people should check out opportunity.gov which has a number of -- lots of information about how to get training when you're laid off, particularly if you're a blue-collar worker and you can't afford it.

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