Family Mourns Furloughed Hotel Worker Who Died Of COVID-19 Without Insurance

MIAMI, FLORIDA - AUGUST 08: Glena Amaya listens to family and friends speak via a Zoom broadcast as they mourn together during the wake ceremony for her husband German Amaya at the Maspons Funeral Home on August 08, 2020 in Miami, Florida. German Amaya died from the coronavirus (COVID-19). Amaya had worked for 11 years at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach luxury hotel before the hotel furloughed him in March as the COVID-19 pandemic caused hotels to lay off staff. In late June, the family says the hotel cut healthcare coverage for workers laid off during the pandemic, causing Amaya to lose health coverage and in turn, his $10,000 death benefit, leaving his family without any aid for wake ceremony expenses or medical bills. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)