9 Million Lost Health Coverage Since 2001, Study Says
By MSN
Saturday 07 August 2004
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/080804F.shtml Only public programs like Medicaid keep ranks of uninsured from soaring, authors say. Poor and Latinos affected the most. The number of Americans with employer-paid health coverage fell dramatically from 2001 to 2003, with about 9 million people losing coverage, according to a national study released Aug. 2.
The Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) said the proportion of Americans under 65 with employer coverage fell from 67% in 2001 to 63% in 2003. The center is a nonpartisan research group funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Public programs such as Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program took up the slack, preventing a big increase in the number of uninsured.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/080804F.