New health insurance survey: 9 million adults joined ranks of uninsured due to job loss in 2010
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 03:30
in Health & Medicine
An estimated nine million working-age adults57 percent of people who had health insurance through a job that was lostbecame uninsured in the last two years, according to the Commonwealth Fund 2010 Biennial Health Insurance Survey, released today. The survey paints a bleak picture for the 43 million adults under age 65 who reported that they or their spouse lost a job in the past two years, finding that job losses are often compounded by the loss of health insurance, leaving families vulnerable to catastrophic financial losses and bankruptcy in the event of a serious illness or accident.