Friday, June 23, 2006
More than 14 pct lack health insurance
Source: reuters.com
More than 14 percent of Americans lack health insurance previous year, a somewhat lower share compared to 2004, according to federal statistics published on Wednesday.
The review, by the National Center for Health Statistics, even found that 8.9 percent of U.S. kids were not covered by proper health insurance.
The issue of health-insurance coverage is at the center of a comprehensive discussing over health care in the United States that relies typically on employers to cover workers.
On Wednesday officials in San Francisco said they were pressing in front with plans for backing health care for 82,000 residents who do not have health insurance, at a cost of $200 million a year.
The center's report said that in 2005, 41.2 million Americans, or 14.2 percent of the inhabitants, were uninsured when its study was conducted. It said 51.3 million had been uninsured for at least part of the past year and 29.2 million, or 10 percent, had been uninsured for more than a year.
Source: reuters.com
More than 14 percent of Americans lack health insurance previous year, a somewhat lower share compared to 2004, according to federal statistics published on Wednesday.
The review, by the National Center for Health Statistics, even found that 8.9 percent of U.S. kids were not covered by proper health insurance.
The issue of health-insurance coverage is at the center of a comprehensive discussing over health care in the United States that relies typically on employers to cover workers.
On Wednesday officials in San Francisco said they were pressing in front with plans for backing health care for 82,000 residents who do not have health insurance, at a cost of $200 million a year.
The center's report said that in 2005, 41.2 million Americans, or 14.2 percent of the inhabitants, were uninsured when its study was conducted. It said 51.3 million had been uninsured for at least part of the past year and 29.2 million, or 10 percent, had been uninsured for more than a year.
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