9 Million Lost Health Coverage Since 2001, Study Says

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9 Million Lost Health Coverage Since 2001, Study Says
By MSN
Saturday 07 August 2004
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/080804F.shtml

Only public programs like Medicaid keep ranks of uninsured from soaring, authors say. Poor and Latinos affected the most. The number of Americans with employer-paid health coverage fell dramatically from 2001 to 2003, with about 9 million people losing coverage, according to a national study released Aug. 2.

The Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) said the proportion of Americans under 65 with employer coverage fell from 67% in 2001 to 63% in 2003. The center is a nonpartisan research group funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Public programs such as Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program took up the slack, preventing a big increase in the number of uninsured.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/080804F.

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1. you can count hubby and I in that statistic

we now pay over $550 a month for health insurance that we never use but at our ages don't dare be without.

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2. That's your answer right there

Let's just say that Bush is right when he says 1.5 million new jobs have been created in the last year (never mind the previous 2 and a half). The jobs contain few or no benefits. That's why polls show people are not optimistic about the economy and giving him much credit.