More Americans living in poverty, without health care
A new report from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that more Americans are living in poverty and more lack health insurance.
The report, called "Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009," found the median household income was $49,777, about the same as 2008.
But it found that 43.6 million people were living in poverty, up from 13.2 million the year before, and the official poverty rate grew to 14.3 percent, up from 13.2 percent the year before. It was the third annual increase in a row.
The number of people without health insurance is also on the rise. It was 50.7 million last year and 46.3 million the year before -- or 16.7 percent versus 15.4 percent.
A sign of the times?
Comments
The USA is the last western nation that does not guarantee health coverage for EVERY CITIZEN and this is a shame, The reason is greed from the drug makers and FDA. The drug makers rake in BILLIONS$$$ every year but the people cannot afford to go to the doctor. SHAME!
A fimmaker has been reverisng diabetes and obesity WITHOUT DRUGS and the drug makers do not promote the story
just google SPIRIT HAPPY DIET
Posted by: PrettyOldLady | September 17, 2010 12:13 PM