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Medical surprises.
"Early Release of Selected Estimates Based on Data From the January-June 2002 National Health Information Survey" U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, December 31, 2002 (cdc.gov/nchs/)
For years, policy makers have fretted about the supposedly growing percentage of Americans without health insurance and Americans' inability to take care of themselves. A new government survey, though--from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)--shows that new government programs and strengthened private sector efforts have actually reduced the number of uninsured Americans, while also increasing the fraction of the population that does things considered vital to good health.
According to the NCHS, between 1997 and 2002, the number of Americans lacking health insurance at any given moment declined from about 41 million to 39.5 million, even as our population grew about 4 percent. The survey included among the "uninsured" people who had very limited insurance coverage, and also those who lost health insurance for as little as a day. During those five years, every major demographic group decreased its number of uninsured; the decline was most ...
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