Ranks of uninsured grow to highest since &#39;98
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A stagnant economy and rising health care costs helped push the percentage of people in the USA without health insurance last year to 15.
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LOS ANGELES The number of uninsured patients using emergency rooms as their primary care facility has become so huge, it&#39;s put Los Angeles County&#39;s emergency system &quot;on the brink of absolute chaos.
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CHICAGO: Health insurance premiums rose five times faster than US workersâ salaries this year, according to a survey released last Thursday that also showed slippage in the percentage of American workers covered by employer health plans.
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WASHINGTON -- Indiana workers and those in 34 other states saw health insurance premiums rise nearly three times faster than average earnings in the past four years, a study based on federal data shows.
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Aug. 26, 2004 -- An estimated 45 million Americans don&#39;t have health insurance, and that number is rising faster than the number of Americans with insurance, according to a new report released today by the US Census Bureau.
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Employer-sponsored health insurance premiums increased an average of 11.2% in 2004 -- less than last yearâs 13.9% increase, but still the fourth consecutive year of double-digit growth, according to the 2004 Annual Employer Health Benefits Survey
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The ranks of Americans lining up to file initial claims for jobless benefits thinned by 9,000 last week, the government said on Thursday in a surprisingly strong report that signaled healthy job growth.
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A nationwide study has found that the uninsured and those covered by Medicaid are more likely than those with private insurance to receive a diagnosis of cancer in the late stages of the disease.
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WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans in poverty and those without health insurance each rose by more than 1 million in 2003, the Census Bureau reported Thursday.
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Health insurance premiums paid by US workers have risen nearly three times faster than average earnings in the past four years, eroding the income of average Americans, a study based on federal data shows.
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Prescription drug use among Americans has hit an all-time record high, according to the US Department of Health and Human Servicesâ annual check-up on Americansâ health.
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Description: Medicare officials announce the largest-ever increase in Medicare premiums in the program&#39;s 40-year history. In 2005, seniors and the disabled who purchase coverage under Medicare&#39;s Part B program
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Democrats seized on new government data released Thursday showing that the number of people in the United States living in poverty and the number of uninsured increased for the
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The cost of health insurance premiums in the US rose three times faster than earning over the past four years, according to a report released today from the nonprofit Families USA.
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The health insurer beats some estimates and raises others.
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More and more people lack health insurance. Don't be one of them.
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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.