Growth of Poverty in the US – US Census Bureau

“Let me first summarize the main findings about health insurance coverage from the Current Population Survey report…”The number of people with health insurance coverage rose by 1.0 million from 2002 to 2003.

The number of people without health insurance coverage rose by 1.4 million over that same period.

The net result was that 15.6 percent of the population, or 45.0 million people, were without health insurance coverage in 2003, up from 15.2 percent in 2002.

The proportion of children not covered by health insurance did not change, remaining at 11.4 percent of all children.

For more information visit the Census Bureau site at

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2004/2004IncPov-weinberg.html

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