income security
Nat'l Women's Law Center: Women Experiencing Declining Income, Increasing Poverty, and Loss of Private Coverage
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
September 10, 2009 - 5:00pm (Print)
Census data from 2008 show an increase in the number of women who have lost income, lost private coverage and are falling into poverty. The increase in the number of women without coverage stems from the continued erosion of private insurance –- primarily through the loss of job-based coverage--even before the worst of the economic crisis hit.
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