Percentage of uninsured remained steady in '04: new Census survey sheds light on the latest coverage statistics.(Uninsured)

Publication: Medicine & Health

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Thanks to government programs, the plight of individuals without health insurance did not worsen over the last year--despite reductions in employer health plans, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's recent findings.

Overall, the number of those without health insurance coverage grew by 800,000 to 45.8 million in 2004, reported the Bureau's population survey entitled, "Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2004." This...

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