Titulo | The 2007-09 recession and health insurance coverage. |
Autoría | Holahan J. |
Fuente | Health Aff (Millwood). 2011 Jan;30(1):145-52 |
Resumen |
Loss of employment and declining incomes meant that five million Americans lost employment-based health insurance during the recent economic recession (2007-09). All groups of Americans were affected, but the growth in the number of uninsured people was particularly noticeable for whites, native-born citizens, and residents of the Midwest and South. Adults did not benefit nearly as much as children from public programs designed to offset the decline in employer-sponsored insurance and thus bore all of the burden of rising uninsurance. Throughout the past decade, even in good economic times, the number of Americans with employer-sponsored insurance has fallen, and the number of uninsured Americans has increased. This finding underscores the importance of planned coverage expansions under the Affordable Care Act. |
URL | www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21134911 |
Tipo de documento | Artículo cientifico |
Impacto en el sistema sanitario | Cobertura y cartera de servicios |
Impacto en la salud | -- |