Ranks of Poor, Uninsured Rose in 2003
178709
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...
111924
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.
127996
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.
51813
The poor could have a harder time moving up the income ladder as the higher education gap widens, a report said.
242351
Poor-paying positions in health care and social services have driven recent growth in employment in the city.
322203
The number of Americans living in poverty increased last year, with nearly 36 million people below the poverty line, 1.3 million more than last year, the US Census Bureau reported yesterday.
342350
The cost of employer-provided health insurance rose 6.1 percent this year, the smallest jump since 1999 but still well above the increase in wages and consumer prices, according to an annual survey released today by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
187822
The number of Americans living in poverty increased by 1.3 million last year, while the ranks of uninsured swelled by 1.4 million.
243982
Medicaid spending grew about  one-third from 2000 to 2003 as job losses and other economic  woes made more people eligible for the government-run health  insurance program for the poor, a new study said on Wednesday.
563646
The number of Americans without health insurance and in poverty rose for a third straight year in 2003, the US Census Bureau reported Thursday.
337256
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.
413356
The number of uninsured Coloradans swelled by 44,000 in the past three years, as the percent of people without health insurance rose a full percentage point to 16.
458698
The cost of employer-provided health insurance rose 6.1 percent this year, the smallest jump since 1999 but still well above the increase in wages and consumer prices, according to an annual survey released yesterday by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
95102
A stagnant economy and rising health care costs helped push the percentage of people in the USA without health insurance last year to 15.
161493
Health premiums rose five times faster  than U.S. workers' salaries this year, according to a survey  released on Thursday, a trend analysts said is likely to throw  more people into the ranks of the uninsured.
339432
FOR MANY Americans, 2003 was a year of economic stagnation and increasing insecurity, according to Census Bureau figures released yesterday.
665417
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.