Posted on 08/26/2008 6:22:11 PM PDT by shrinkermd
The Census Bureau reported that the number of people lacking health insurance dropped by more than one million in 2007, the first annual decline since the Bush administration took office.
The nation's poverty rate held steady at 12.5%, not statistically different from the 12.3% in 2006. That meant there were 37.3 million people living in poverty in 2007. The median, or midpoint, household income rose slightly to $50,200, marking the third consecutive annual increase.
The statistics released Tuesday don't take into account the consequences of the economic downturn that began late last year. (See Census report.)
Census said 45.7 million people -- 15.3% of the population -- were uninsured in 2007. That is down 3% from 47 million in 2006. The number of people with health insurance increased to 253.4 million in 2007, compared to 249.8 million in 2006
The number of people covered by private health insurance, 202 million, didn't change appreciably from 2006. However, the number of people covered by government health insurance increased to 83 million, compared to 80.3 million in 2006.
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Things are just horrible, ain’t they?
That's about the same as the number of illegal aliens said to have left the country since the crackdown and the economic downturn...
Coincidence?
Or...
Conspiracy?
Cheers!
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