Re: Worse than we thought...


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Study finds 89.6 million lacked health insurance

I'd like to see this report factoring out the illegal population. I doubt
it's any coincidence that the growth of uninsured Hispanics is so much
larger than other minorities, and the the states with the highest number of
uninsured are those with the larged illegal population.

JG



One-third of people in the U.S. under 65 went without coverage for some or
all of the last two years, reports an advocacy group.
By Jordy Yager, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
September 21, 2007

WASHINGTON -- -- More than one-third of the people in the United States
under the age of 65 had no health insurance for some or all of 2006 and
2007, according to a study released Thursday by Families USA, an advocacy
group for the uninsured.

The 89.6 million individuals identifying themselves as lacking insurance
for at least a month, according to the advocacy group, was almost double
the number of uninsured reported by the Census Bureau for 2006.

"It's simply unacceptable that for lack of basic health coverage, nearly
90 million Americans had to live in fear of illness and injury in the last
two years," said Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), chairman of the Senate Finance
Committee, which oversees national healthcare programs.

California had the largest number of individuals uninsured during some or
all of that two-year period -- 13 million, or nearly 41% of state
residents younger than 65. Texas was second, with 9.3 million. Americans
older than 65 are eligible for Medicare and were not considered in the
Families USA study.

More than 70% of those without insurance in part or all of 2006 and 2007
were employed full time, the report said.

Half lacked insurance for nine months or more.

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Unfortunately, the study does not include Americans over 65. One wonders
what the total would be if they were included.

Full report at: http://familiesusa.org/assets/pdfs/wrong-direction.pdf


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