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 millionm who lost their insurance coverage stillare uninsured. Beforer the recession started there were an estimated 46 million Americanes withouthealth insurance. The recentg rocky economic climate, however, has likelty increased the number of uninsuredd at the rateof 14,000 a day, accordinh to the center. The report uses estimates from Urban Institute researchers that a one percentager point rise in the national unemploymen t ratecauses 2.4 million people to lose employer-sponsoredr health coverage. Of thoswe people, 1 million rely on Medicaid orthe Children’as Health Insurance Program and 1.1 million end up uninsured.
Sinc data was last collected in thesprinbg 2007, the unemployment rate has grownh from 4.4 percent to 7.6 percent, and as a an estimated 3.5 million people have lost their health insurancee and are now