More than a month after the Crozer Health system collapsed, some laid-off employees are struggling to get the unemployment benefits they're entitled to.

Michael Winston, a former Crozer janitor, said he has applied for unemployment benefits several times, but keeps getting denied.

"They rejected a lot of people," Winston said. "Everybody that I've talked to, that filed for unemployment…nobody has got an answer."

A total of 2,651 employees were laid off when Taylor Hospital shut down on April 26 and Crozer Chester Medical Center permanently closed on May 2.

Julia Simon-Mishel, supervising attorney at Philadelphia Legal Assistance, said many people face challenges when trying to access unemployment benefits.

"The largest percentage of workers who come to see us there are struggl

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