Economy swelling ranks of uninsured

NEW YORK Some 14,000 Americans are now losing their health coverage every day as the economic crisis worsens, according to a report from The Wonk Room, a blogsite, and the liberal interest group The Center for American Progress.

Since spring 2007, 3.5 million Americans have lost their health benefits and swelled the ranks of the uninsured, according to a report from The Wonk Room’s James Kvaal and Ben Furnas. And while the stimulus begins to address rising health costs and lack of access to coverage, “the ranks of the uninsured will only grow as the recession persists,” notes the report.

“The stimulus is no substitute for health reform. Congress must now turn the page to reforming the health care system,” the advocacy group urged.