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Title: Impact of the Rise in Unemployment on Health Coverage, 2008 to 2009 Description: Job losses since 2008 have led to an estimated 6.9 million fewer Americans receiving health coverage through the workplace, and an accompanying projected rise of 2.8 million in Medicaid enrollment and 3.0 million in the nation's uninsured. Source: Based on John Holahan and Bowen Garrett, Rising Unemployment, Medicaid, and the Uninsured, prepared for the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, 2009. Topics: Medicaid / CHIP; Uninsured / Coverage Included in these Slideshows: Public Programs: Medicaid & CHIP ; KFF.org Data Spotlight Slide Date: December 04, 2009