A federal program allowing people who lose their jobs to keep the employer-provided insurance expired Aug. 31 after three extensions, leaving millions of beneficiaries and their dependents uninsured.

More than 20% of America’s non-elderly population have a diagnosed pre-existing condition that insurers will have to cover under federal health care reform.

A new report indicated that about 86.7 million Americans, which equates to one out of three people under the age of 65 years old, were without health insurance at some …  Read →