82 million uninsured in '02-03 - No Health Insurance.
Thursday, June 17, 2004 at 02:57PM
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Blacks and Latinos Disproportionately affected
Nearly 82 million people, one-third of
the U.S. population younger than 65, lacked health insurance at some
point over the past two years and most of those were uninsured for more
than nine months, a study by the private group Families USA says. The
problem reaches deep into the middle class, affects Blacks and
Hispanics disproportionately and is most pronounced among people
younger than 25, according to the group's analysis of census data. [more]
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