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Workers struggling to keep up with bills while they go without pay are likely filing for unemployment benefits even if they think they will eventually get back pay, according to Oxford Economics lead U.S. economist Nancy Vanden Houten.

The US president has vowed to find a way to pay troops due to go without their paychecks for the first time, although the uncertainty is already leading to long lines of men and women in uniform at food banks.

Armbruster isn’t alone in his dilemma: Experts say affordability is the main reason people go without home insurance.

Many people go without health insurance because it’s unaffordable, even as the cost of healthcare has more than tripled since the turn of the century, according to the Peterson-KFF Health Spending Tracker.

“More of those people go without insurance … because they have fewer health issues and perceive themselves to be invincible.”