With just one week left to enroll in healthcare coverage for the 2021 calendar year, new data is showing that Americans might just be taking health insurance more seriously in the midst of the covid 19 pandemic. While this trend is a good one, it is important to recognize that choosing the best health insurance plan for one's needs is still a complicated and frustrating process for many Americans. Why might that be? Explore this question and several more in this week's FinCap Friday episode below: 

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About the Author

Yanely Espinal

Born and raised by Dominican, immigrant parents in Brooklyn, Yanely is a proud product of NYC public schools. She graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School in 2007 before going on to receive her bachelor's degree at Brown University in 2011. As a Teach For America corps member, Yanely taught third and fourth grade in Canarsie, Brooklyn. She received her master's degree from Relay Graduate School of Education in 2013. She spends her spare time making YouTube videos about personal finance on her channel, MissBeHelpful. Yanely also loves to dance, sew, paint, listen to podcasts, and babysit her 10 nieces and nephews!