Number of Uninsured Adults Climbs

Not surprisingly, it was reported on the website Workforce Management that the number of uninsured adults is climbing.  According to the website, 59 million adults did not have insurance for a portion of 2010, while 30 million adults did not have health insurance for at least a year.  While the numbers are staggering, they are not surprising.

With the number of unemployed, those uninsured adults will continue to stay steady.  Additionally, employers are looking at the high costs of health care premiums in this difficult economy.  No longer able to afford to pay all or even a portion of those premium costs, employers are either passing the cost into employees or eliminating their health care insurance completely.  And for those employees who find the stiff premium price tag too much to bare on their pocket books - especially with what appears to be commonplace wage/salary freezes - employees are dropping their coverage all together.