Launch the displaced-worker program

Month 6 onward; benefits through Year 6 · Department of Labor; state workforce boardsDiscuss this step

Every concrete action this step requires, who is responsible, and when it happens relative to enactment.

#	Action	Owner	When	Trade-off
1.13.1	Define eligibility: any worker whose job loss is certified as caused by the Act (modeled on Trade Adjustment Assistance certification).	DOL	Month 6	TAA-style certification targets aid but excludes workers whose job loss is hard to tie to the Act.
1.13.2	Benefits: wage replacement of 90% / 70% / 50% in Years 1–3 of unemployment (capped at $120k), 50% wage insurance for 2 years if reemployed at lower pay, $12,000 training voucher, and bridge pensions for workers 58+.	DOL	Month 12	Generous wage replacement reduces hardship but may slow reemployment.
1.13.3	Require insurers to give 12 months' notice of layoffs (beyond the WARN Act's 60 days) and pay retention bonuses for claims run-off staff.	DOL / Congress	Month 0	12 months' notice protects workers but keeps insurers operating with demoralized staff.
1.13.4	Fast-track retraining into shortage occupations: medical assistants, community health workers, care coordinators, coders for UHA, and nursing (with paid apprenticeships).	DOL / HRSA	Month 12+	Fast-track retraining fills shortages but not every displaced worker wants clinical work.
1.13.5	Regional economic adjustment grants for insurer-headquarters cities (Hartford, Minnetonka, Louisville, Indianapolis, St. Louis).	Commerce EDA	Year 1–4	Regional grants cushion insurer-headquarters cities but direct money to a few places while other displaced workers are spread nationwide.