Last year, our economic situation was almost the exact opposite of what it is now. Unemployment rates remained low while the economy was expanding.
According to a survey from the UCLA Center for Health Policy, the number of uninsured in California was lower in 2007 than in 2005, likely due to a healthy economy.
It was recently reported by the Sacramento Bee that the uninsured rate in 2007 declined to 19.5 percent, down from 20.2 percent n 2005. That is a clear improvement which points directly to the number of people covered by group health insurance.
The downturn of the economy and higher rates of unemployment are likely factors that cause uninsured rates to increase. Considering the current state of our economy, it seems weird to consider the much healthier situation we were in as recent as last year.
E. Richard Brown, the lead author of the UCLA survey stated: "We're looking at the final year of an economic expansion (2007), and yet the gains in coverage were small. If the employer-based system can't increase health insurance in good times, how will they do it in bad?" Now that's some fodder for thought.
According to a survey from the UCLA Center for Health Policy, the number of uninsured in California was lower in 2007 than in 2005, likely due to a healthy economy.
It was recently reported by the Sacramento Bee that the uninsured rate in 2007 declined to 19.5 percent, down from 20.2 percent n 2005. That is a clear improvement which points directly to the number of people covered by group health insurance.
The downturn of the economy and higher rates of unemployment are likely factors that cause uninsured rates to increase. Considering the current state of our economy, it seems weird to consider the much healthier situation we were in as recent as last year.
E. Richard Brown, the lead author of the UCLA survey stated: "We're looking at the final year of an economic expansion (2007), and yet the gains in coverage were small. If the employer-based system can't increase health insurance in good times, how will they do it in bad?" Now that's some fodder for thought.
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