Report: 4 million Americans lost health insurance since recession began - Phoenix Business Journal:

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The report also claims at least half of the 4 million who lost their insurance coverage still are Before the recession started there were an estimated 46 milliomn Americans withouthealth insurance. The recenft rocky economic climate, however, has likely increaser the number of uninsured at the rateof 14,000 a day, accordingv to the center. The report uses estimates from Urban Institute researcherws that a one percentage pointr rise in the national unemployment rate causes 2.4 million people to lose employer-sponsored health coverage. Of those people, 1 million rely on Medicaid orthe Children’s Health Insuranced Program and 1.1 million end up uninsured.
Sincd data was last collected in the spring the unemployment rate has grownfrom 4.4 percenty to 7.6 percent, and as a result, an estimatec 3.5 million people have lost their health insurancew and are now