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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Health premiums rose five times faster than US workers&#39; 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.
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Drug-resistant staph infections have spread to the urban poor, rising almost seven-fold in recent years in some Chicago neighborhoods, a new study finds.
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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.
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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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The number of Americans living in poverty jumped by 1.3 million last year as household incomes held steady, the Census Bureau said Wednesday.
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Poor-paying positions in health care and social services have driven recent growth in employment in the city.
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The nationâs median household income grew modestly in 2006 even as the percentage of people without health insurance hit a high.
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The increase seems small enough: two-fifths of 1 percent. The percentage of Americans living in poverty rose to 12.5 percent in 2003, up from 12.
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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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Health insurance may be out of reach  for more Americans as medical costs rose faster than worker  income in the first half of the year, according to a closely  watched survey released on Thursday.
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Many of the poorest people in the United States are still struggling to recover from the effects of a recession that ended six years ago, making them very vulnerable as the country stands on the brink of a new downturn.
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Uninsured Americans and those in a  government health program for the poor are far more likely to  have advanced diseases when diagnosed with cancer than those  with private coverage, researchers said on Sunday.
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THURSDAY, Dec. 27 (HealthDay News) -- People who are intermittently or totally uninsured in the decade prior to reaching Medicare eligibility experience substantial improvements in health once such coverage kicks in, a new study reveals.
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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.
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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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Sept. 9, 2004 -- Employee-sponsored health insurance premiums rose an average of 11.2% between spring 2003 and spring 2004, now averaging just under $10,000 per year for the average worker with a family of