Adding injury to insult, it turns out losing your job isn't just detrimental to your bank account: it's also bad for your physical and physiological health, according to a study in the latest issue of Demography. Published by Kate Strully, a sociologist at the State University of New York in Albany, this report is unique because it takes into account the "why" of workers who lost their jobs: whether they were fired, laid off, quit, or let go due to factors out of their control such as an entire company shutting its doors, like in the highly-publicized case of the workers at Republic Windows.

THE BOTTOM LINE: Losing your job can make you sick. THE SOLUTION, according to the creative minds at the WGAE? The Employee Free Choice Act!

Compared to people with steady jobs, people who lost their jobs because their workplace shut down were a whopping 83 percent more likely to report a new health condition, such as heart disease, high blood pressure, arthritis, diabetes, and a variety of emotional or psychiatric problems. By the same comparison, getting fired or laid off was linked to a 43 percent increase in the odds of reporting a new health condition. The study also found that blue collar workers were twice as likely to report being in fair or poor health both physically and mentally as white-collar workers whether they were fired, laid off or quit their jobs voluntarily. The reasons for this disparity are unclear based on the study results.

Now that unemployment in the U.S. is at the highest rate it's been in 25 years (8.9 percent), the health risks of unemployment might be even higher than the study suggests. So on that note, let's talk about something that's good for your health: the Employee Free Choice Act! VH1's Best Week Ever hilarious host Paul F. Tompkin explains why in this awesome video, brought to you by the members of the Writers Guild of America-East (WGAE).

"The Employee Free Choice Act is Good for Your Health" was written by Caissie St. Onge, Paul F. Tompkins, and Nelson Waters from VH1's weekly comedy/variety program Best Week Ever.