Take a wild guess which state has the highest rate of uninsured.
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82 million in U.S. uninsured for health care in last 2 years
Wednesday, June 16, 2004
Mark Sherman
Associated Press
Washington- 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, says a study by the private group Families USA.
The problem reaches deep into the middle class, affects African- Americans and Hispanics disproportionately and is most pronounced among people younger than 25, according to the group's analysis of census data.
The study, which was due to be released today,found that 8.5 million Texas residents, or 43.4 percent of the nonelderly popula tion there, did not have health insurance - the highest rate in the country.
Other states where more than 35 percent of people younger than 65 were uninsured were: New Mexico, 42.4 percent; California, 37.1 percent; Nevada, 36.8 percent; Louisiana, 36.2 percent; Arizona, 35.7 percent; Mississippi, 35.1 percent, and Oklahoma, 35 percent.