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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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.
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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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Some 1.3 million Americans slid into  poverty in 2003 as the ranks of the poor rose 4 percent to 35.9  million, with children and blacks worse off than most, the U.S.  government said on Thursday in a report sure to fuel Democratic  criticism of President Bush.
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For a third straight year, poverty rose and the gap in health coverage widened, posing a challenge for the incumbent president.
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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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The number of people without health insurance rose by 1.4 million, to a record 45 million last year, amid rising costs for coverage.
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According to a new study, nearly 1,700,000 US veterans had no health care cover at all in 2003. The study was carried out by Physicians for National Health Program and the Public Citizen group.
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Solidly middle-class people are one of the fastest growing subgroups of uninsured Americans.
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Dec. 14, 2004 - Some of America&#39;s largest employers saw the cost of covering medical care for former workers go up about 25% between 2003 and 2004, continuing a trend that analysts warn is threatening the
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The number of adults without health insurance jumped by 2 million from 2005 to 2006, according to a new federal report.
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The gap between rich and poor remains huge, but a survey of global health finds that significantly fewer people in poorer countries say they have had to go without food or health care because they lacked the money to pay for it.
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A mushrooming number of poor people who need medical care will push up the state&#39;s Medicaid costs another $119 million next fiscal year.
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The nation's poverty rate declined for the first time this decade, but the number of Americans without health insurance rose to a record high of 47 million in 2006, according to Census figures released today.
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An extra 1.3 million Americans slid into poverty in 2003 while health care cover also fell, official figures show.
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The poor could have a harder time moving up the income ladder as the higher education gap widens, a report said.
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Some 1.3 million Americans slid into  poverty in 2003 despite the economic recovery, and children and  blacks were worse off than most, the government said on  Thursday in a report certain to fuel Democratic criticism of  President Bush.