PDF Arthur Delaney arthur@huffingtonpost.com
It’s the biggest “doughnut hole” of them all: Members of the middle class are losing their health insurance faster than any other income group, according to a new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The number of middle-income earners covered by employer health insurance fell by three million from 2000 to 2008, and government programs and the individual market aren’t picking up the slack. The total number of uninsured middle-income earners rose from 10.5 million to 12.9 million, representing 16.2 percent of the income bracket — a bigger increase than for any other income group.
Middle Class Losing Health Insurance Faster Than The Rich Or Poor
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