Ranks of Poor, Uninsured Rose in 2003
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WASHINGTON - The number of Americans living in poverty increased by 1.3 million last year, while the ranks of the uninsured swelled by 1.4 million, the Census Bureau reported Thursday.    It was the third straight annual increase for both categories...
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People who must pay for insurance may now be a majority of the stateâs uninsured, and not all are rushing to get coverage.
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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 REGION Study: Uninsured pay highest drug prices
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The number of Americans without health insurance and in poverty rose for a third straight year in 2003, the US Census Bureau reported Thursday.
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The number of people in the United States without health insurance rose to 45 million last year, the government reported Thursday, and new statistics show that the increase outpaced that for people getting coverage.
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Lack of access to routine, quality health care led to as many as 79,000 deaths and $1.8 billion in avoidable medical costs in 2003, according to a new report from a private health care advocacy group.
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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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The number of AIDS patients receiving life-saving drug treatment in poor nations rose 60 percent in the past six months.
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Nearly 1.7 million American military veterans lacked health insurance in 2003, a Harvard Medical School study indicates. That number represents 11.
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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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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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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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FOR YEARS the state has provided free testing to detect breast or cervical cancer in low-income women. But until this year there were no funds to treat women who lacked insurance but were ineligible for Medicaid.
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Description: The US Census Bureau releases new data that shows the number of Americans living in poverty rose last year by 1.3 million people.
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FOR MANY Americans, 2003 was a year of economic stagnation and increasing insecurity, according to Census Bureau figures released yesterday.
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Numerous media reports have indicated big increases for Medicare and employer-sponsored health insurance premiums and for the number of Americans lacking health insurance.