Number of uninsured continues to grow, according to CDC report
As reform prepares to provide more people with access to healthcare, the number of people who are uninsured continues to grow.
There were 46.3 million people nationwide, or 15 percent of the population, without health insurance in 2009, according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. Nearly 33 million people had been uninsured for more than a year.
In 2008, 43.8 million people were uninsured.
Massachusetts, which has passed its own version of universal health care coverage, had the lowest percentage of uninsured residents at 3.4 percent. Texas had the highest with 22.9 percent of the population without health coverage.
In Maryland, 1.6 million people, or 13.2 percent of the population were uninsured.
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You guys should stop complaining cuz one the health care we have now isnt as good as it was supposed to be. also the law has just been signed give it a try u guys are too hard on democrats they went to college and we voted for most of these people.so if u want to say u have the right to choose tell that to ur congress men or state official. as for obama people are just tryin to make it look like america made a mistake he has done things to help us and we had a full 8 years of a terrible president and i will be so as happy as ever when a obama fixes bush's mistakes. You can find full medical coverage at the lowest price from http://bit.ly/9sfoMb obama has to put up with the wo0rld judging his every move and trying to fix the mess we are in we are lucky anyone wants to be our president. STOP COMPLAINING AND GIVE HIM A BREAK. i wanna see one of yall do what he sas done. some people are just so ignorant.
Posted by: omarionjo | June 17, 2010 3:08 AM