Problem of Lost Health Benefits Is Reaching Into the Middle Class.

Examines the growing number of Americans who do not have health insurance. How the health care crisis is spreading to middle- and upper-income families; Reasons, including the economic slowdown and unemployment; Number of Americans in working families who lack health care coverage; How the growing number of uninsured and rising cost of health insurance have stimulated proposals in Congress; Two health care approaches that are being debated; Cobra coverage; Role of U.S. President George W. Bush in addressing the problem; Outlook for the uninsured.