More Than One-Third of Jobless Americans Lack Health Insurance

March 4, 2002 More Than One-Third of Jobless Americans Lack Health Insurance The recent surge in unemployment in the United States will result in an increase in the number of Americans who will lose their health insurance and their ability to get the health care they need, according to report released on November 13, 2001 by the Commonwealth Fund and written by Jeanne Lambrew of George Washington University. The report documents the link between health insurance and jobs lost, estimating that 37 percent of unemployed people are uninsured, placing them at great financial risk. The report points out that . . .