U.S. Poverty Rate Falls, but Number of Uninsured Rises
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The poverty rate fell in 2006, but the percentage of Americans without health insurance hit a new high, the Census Bureau said.
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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.
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More people went without health  insurance in the United States last year, with 45 million, or  15.6 percent of the population, lacking any health coverage,  according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON -- The number of poor Americans grew by 1.3 million last year, according to a sobering and politically sensitive Census Bureau report issued Thursday.
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The number of Americans living in poverty or without health insurance grew last year, a government survey showed, adding potential dynamite in the battle for the White House.
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One out of every eight Americans now lives below the poverty line, as the percentage of the US population living in poverty rose for the third consecutive year in 2003, the US Census Bureau reported Thursday.
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Six months ago, the death of a 12-year-old Prince George's County boy from untreated dental decay shed a grim spotlight on gaps in federal and state medical assistance programs charged with providing care to 30 million poor children.
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Though Michigan children are healthier, black and Hispanic children are much more likely to be uninsured, in poor health and struggling to access care, according to a report released today.
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New data released by the US Census Bureau yesterday painted a picture of two Washingtons, one in which the number of people without health insurance rose to historic levels and the other in which middle-class workers enjoyed a bump in income.
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WASHINGTON -- The modest spending increase that Congress approved for a popular children's health insurance program will maintain coverage for those already enrolled. But many lacking insurance will have to look elsewhere.
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The average uninsured Massachusetts resident could obtain health care coverage for as little as $175 a month under the state's insurance law, less than half of earlier estimates, officials said Saturday.
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AFTER EXTENDING healthcare coverage to more than 150,000 previously uninsured residents over the past year, Massachusetts health reform took a turn for the worse this month with the Patrick administration's proposal to limit the state's Free Care Pool.
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More people went without health insurance in the United States last year, with 45 million, or 15.6 percent of the population, lacking
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Medicaid rolls declined in many states after Congress imposed new documentation requirements, but most of the drop-off appears to be among people eligible for coverage -- not among illegal immigrants.
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The US Census Bureau announced Thursday that the number of citizens living in poverty and without health insurance rose in 2003. The government agency says the poverty rate rose from 12.
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WASHINGTON: George W. Bush&#39;s re-election hopes suffered a blow yesterday as official statistics showed 1.3 million more Americans were forced into poverty last year.
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With the government's blessing, more than a dozen states secured health insurance coverage for adults under a program designed to help poor children. Now, there is not enough money to cover the kids.