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COVID-19: Families Of Unvaccinated Could Be Denied Death Benefits COVID-19: Families Of Unvaccinated Could Be Denied Death Benefits
Covid-19: Families Of Unvaccinated Could Be Denied Death Benefits The fallout of a fatal case of COVID-19 could lead to further financial repercussions for some workers who refuse to get vaccinated against the virus. According to multiple reports, the New York MTA has become the latest to announce that it will not pay a $500,000 death benefit to the families of employees who die of the virus who were unvaccinated at the time of their death. Previously, the death benefit payment was available to any MTA worker who had died from COVID-19, regardless of vaccination status. The MTA hadn’t previously held the hard stance until vaccines became more widely avai…