Philadelphia Inquirer, The - Editorial | Laboring Without Health Insurance

What's in their weekly paycheck continues to be the main concern for most Americans this Labor Day, as the nation's average real wages declined for the third straight year. But they can content themselves, at least, with the fact that they have their health insurance, right?
Not so fast. More and more working people should be just as worried about their job-based health coverage.
If trends continue, hundreds of thousands of workers and families fortunate enough to have health coverage could face an entirely different landscape the next time this lazy, end-of-summer weekend rolls around.

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Take a hint from the 47 million uninsured Americans, whose ranks have grown from 44.8 million in 2005. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the numbers of uninsured swelled largely due to the nation's retreat from workplace health coverage.
Last year, the percentage of …

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