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caregiving responsibilities they had as well as the negative physical and mental impacts their caregiving responsibilities had on themselves.165 Treasury Response: Treasury agrees that these constitute impacts of the pandemic, and accordingly, under the final rule, creating, expanding, or financially supporting paid sick, medical, or family leave programs is an enumerated eligible use of funds to respond to the negative economic impacts of the pandemic. 12. Health insurance. Public Comment: Several commenters recommended that uses of funds to expand access to health insurance be enumerated eligible uses; commenters believed that the heightened risk of illness or hospitalization due to COVID-19 had increased the negative economic impacts of lacking health insurance. Background: In 2019, prior to the pandemic, it was estimated that 11 percent of nonelderly adults lacked health insurance.166 By mid-2020, job loss had resulted in an estimated 3.3 million people losing their employer sponsored insurance, resulting in an additional 2 million uninsured adults.167 Participation in Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace played an important role in minimizing the number of people who completely lost health insurance during the early phases of the pandemic; 165 Id. 166 Jennifer Tolbert et al., Key Facts about the Uninsured Population, Kaiser Family Foundation (November 6, 2020), https://www.kff.org/uninsured/issue-brief/key-facts-about-the-uninsured-population/. 167 Joshua Aarons et. al., As the COVID-19 Recession Extended into the Summer of 2020, More Than 3 Million Adults Lost Employer -Sponsored Health Insurance Coverage and 2 Million Became Uninsured, Urban Institute (September 18, 2020), https://www.urban.org/research/publication/covid-19-recession-extended-summer-2020- more-3-million-adults-lost-employer-sponsored-health-insurance-coverage-and-2-million-became-uninsured. 112