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Publication Date: October 2008
Publisher: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Author(s): John Holahan; Allison Cook
Research Area: Health
Type: Brief
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
This policy brief examines the underlying shifts in health insurance coverage in 2007, which resulted in a 1.5 million decrease in the number of uninsured people under age 65, due to increased public coverage. This includes about 300,000 in Massachusetts, which implemented its comprehensive health reform that year. The brief also projects that the current economic downturn and rising unemployment rate likely will cause the number of uninsured to grow by at least 2 million in 2008.