Changes in Health Insurance Coverage, 2007-2008: Early Impact of the Recession


 

Publication Date: October 2009

Publisher: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

Author(s): Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

Research Area: Health

Keywords: Recession; Insurance; Coverage

Type: Report

Abstract:

This issue brief examines trends in health insurance coverage from 2007 to 2008, a period marked by the start of a deep recession. It finds that the share of the nonelderly population covered by employer-provided insurance declined, the share covered by public programs increased and the number of uninsured people continued to rise.