Nine Million Adults Joined Ranks of Uninsured Due to Job Loss in 2010

An estimated nine million working-age adults became uninsured due to the loss of employment in 2009 and 2010. An estimated 52 million American adults were uninsured at some point during 2010, up from 38 million in 2001. An estimated 15.8 million individuals had health insurance through a job that was lost in 2009 and 2010. Of those who lost employer health insurance, 57% became uninsured, 25% were able to find another source of health insurance coverage, and 14% continued their job-based coverage through COBRA. These were the findings of a report, titled “Help on the Horizon: How . . .