In a quasi-recent post, I'd quoted ~41 million as the number of uninsured; that has risen to 44 million (below the age of 65) uncovered for the entire year of 2003. If the restrictions are changed to 'without coverage for at least one month in 2002 or 2003,' the number nearly doubles to 82 million.*
http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/88/100110.htm?printing=true "Nearly 82 million nonelderly Americans -- a third of those under the age of 65 -- went without health insurance for some period of time in 2002 or 2003, according to a report released by the consumer health group Families USA. An estimated 44 million Americans lacked any type of health coverage for the entire year in 2003, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures. This represents a 15% increase over 2001. "Of the 82 million nonelderly Americans that lacked health insurance coverage at some time between 2002 and 2003, two-thirds were uninsured for six months or longer, while more than half were uninsured for more than nine months..." Texas and New Mexico were the states with the worst proportions of uninsured (43% and nearly 43%). *This criterion was stated by a spokesperson from Families USA on one of the early AM news programs (I was up preparing syrup for the hummingbird feeder - it's been unusually cold for 2 days - high of ~56oF yest. afternoon!). This article has a more detatiled breakdown of the worst states: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=534&ncid=534&e=18&u=/ap/20040616/ap_on_he_me/uninsured http://makeashorterlink.com/?J2BE32798 "The study, which was being released Wednesday, found that 8.5 million Texas residents, or 43.4 percent of the non-elderly population there, did not have health insurance — the highest rate in the country. Other states where more than 35 percent of people younger than 65 were uninsured were: New Mexico, 42.4 percent; California, 37.1 percent; Nevada, 36.8 percent; Louisiana, 36.2 percent; Arizona, 35.7 percent; Mississippi, 35.1 percent, and Oklahoma, 35 percent... "...The [Census] bureau reported last September that 43.6 million were uninsured for all of 2002..." Debbi Beads, Rattles And Prayer Maru >:/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
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