a gap in health insurance after leaving a job

Working-age American adults experienced a gap in health insurance coverage at a rate of 26 percent during 2011, often because they lost or changed jobs, according to a recent report by The Commonwealth Fund that also shows how difficult it is for people to regain health insurance on their own after losing employer-sponsored coverage. Those who went without coverage for a year or longer was at 69 percent, while 57 percent were uninsured for two…