Health Insurance
Health Insurance
Posted by Health Insurance (Health-Insurance) on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:16:36 +0000
The number of Americans without health insurance grew to an all time high of 47 million last year, an increase of more than 2 million from a year before. The number of children without health insurance coverage also rose. The Census Bureau figures are likely to raise the stakes in the political debate about health care.
A Sobering Census Report: Bleak Findings on Health Insurance (New York Times)
A large increase in the number of Americans who lack health insurance ought to send a strong message to Washington: action is needed to reverse this trend.
Record Number of Americans Lack Health Insurance (Washington Post)
TUESDAY, Aug. 28 (HealthDay News) -- A record number of Americans are without health insurance, according to new U.S. Census Bureau statistics released Tuesday.
Poverty rate down but fewer have health insurance (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The U.S. poverty rate fell for the first time this decade but more people are living without health insurance and the bulk of the nation's poor are children, government data released on Tuesday showed.
CORRECTED: Poverty rate down, fewer have health insurance (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The U.S. poverty rate declined for the first time this decade but more people are living without health insurance and the bulk of the nation's poor are children, government data released on Tuesday showed.
