New State-by-State Analysis Released for Cover the Uninsured Week

March 24, 2009.  A new report, "At the Brink: Trends in America’s Uninsured 1994-2007" was released in conjunction with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) Cover the Uninsured Week, March 22-28, 2009. Now in its seventh year, the campaign has become the largest nonpartisan mobilization in history seeking solutions for the 45.7 million Americans who are uninsured. The report, prepared by SHADAC research, chronicles state-by-state health coverage trends, showing that more people go without health coverage as insurance costs outpace income eight-fold. Over the last 15 years, nearly every state has seen increased numbers of uninsured residents, greater costs for workers while their incomes are flat, and significant erosion of private coverage.  View the report.