Loss of employment and declining incomes during 2007-2009 helped contribute to the increase.
All groups of Americans were affected, but the study called the growth in the number of uninsured “particularly noticeable” for whites, native-born citizens and residents of the Midwest and South.
Read the Health Affairs report on the uninsured:
Read more coverage on the uninsured:
– End of Federal Subsidies for COBRA Coverage Could Swell Ranks of Uninsured
