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Uninsured in U.S. Rises to 43.6 Million.

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| September 30, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Chicago Tribune. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Bruce Japsen

Sep. 30--The number of Americans without health insurance rose in 2002 for the second consecutive year as more workers lost jobs and many who remained employed lost medical coverage, a new report says.

The ranks of the uninsured rose to 43.6 million, an increase of 2.4 million from 2001, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report scheduled to be released Tuesday. That means 15.2 percent of the U.S. population had no health insurance last year, compared with 14.6 percent in 2001.

In Illinois, the number of uninsured residents rose to 13.9 percent of the state's population, up from 13.7 percent in 2001. More than 1.7 million…

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