1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Health Care Protection Act . 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the COVID–19 pandemic has caused many individuals to lose access to employer-sponsored health insurance at no fault of their own; (2) individuals should not be forced to cover additional costs associated with healthcare due to a loss of access to employer-sponsored health insurance; (3) employers should utilize all tools provided to them by the Federal Government to bring individuals back onto payroll so that they may receive benefits such as employer-sponsored health insurance; and (4) individuals unable to rejoin the workforce should receive assistance equal to that received while employed so that when an employer makes an offer of employment, the individual does not have an incentive to reject. 3. American Health Exchanges special enrollment period Section 1311(c)(6) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18031(c)(6) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking at the end and ; (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking at the end the period and inserting ; and