In the United States, if you lose your job, you are likely to lose your health insurance. In most other developed countries, this is not the case, rather, you would continue to be insured even if you lost your job. This is because: Question 7 options: Health care in most developed countries is portable while it is not in the U.S. In the U.S., the only way to get health insurance is through an employer. People who are not working do not need health care. Developed countries other than the U.S. have lower unemployment rates and so do not have to worry about people being unemployed