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Can you afford to speak up if losing your job also means losing access to physical and mental health services?
Last year, I blew the whistle on race and gender discrimination I experienced at Pinterest. My story and that of my former colleague Aerica Shimizu Banks has so far led to a shareholder lawsuit and a moment of reckoning for a company that for so long held itself up as the positive corner of the tech industry.
But what few people may realize is that if I had dependents, like a child or spouse, I might never have told this story — all because of the cost of health insurance.
