U.S. Census Reports 7 Million Lost Health Care

The U.S. Census Bureau today indicated that 7 million Americans last year lost health insurance that they'd received through their employment.
Employer-sponsored plans are the No. 1 source of health insurance in the nation.
Census data released today said 50.7 million Americans lacked health insurance in 2009, from 46.3 million in 2008. That was the highest number of uninsured since the bureau began collecting such information in 1987.
The decline in employer-based health insurance use is primarily due to job loss during the recession.