According to Tim Sweeney’s tweet from five minutes ago,

Epic is in contact with the family and will solve the insurance for them. There is high confidentiality around medical information and it was not a factor in this layoff decision. Sorry to everyone for not recognizing this terribly painful situation and handling it in advance.

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      1 month ago

      Of course it’s a good response.

      Epic is a $20+ billion dollar company, they definitely hired an expensive PR crisis firm to handle public communications.

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    1 month ago

    Idk if this is in the US, but its a pretty common thing. I have personal experience with an employer cutting insurance for a family member when they were dying of cancer

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    1 month ago

    What kind of 3rd world country has medical insurance based off employment? The developed world has this sorted out.

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      Well Romania does, if you want to check the level of American healthcare.

      And still our healthcare here is better. And at least we don’t pay 10x for medications.

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    1 month ago

    It’s the same amount of care as they have for their customers. Support indie developers

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    This is a bad response. He’s ambiguous on if epic will continue to pay for their insurance. Solve could just mean sending the employee COBRA info

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    Gonna put it out there that the intolerable state of American healthcare is not principally the fault of a video game company.