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The Uninsured


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About 90 million Americans (not including the elderly) were at some point "not insured" during 2006-two thousand and seven, as detailed in a FamiliesUSA report.

The majority of the "not insured" did not have health insurance coverage for extensive periods. Almost 2-thirds of them were without health insurance coverage for over 6 months, while about half were without insurance for at least 9 months.

Percentage of non-elderly "not insured":

– Texas - 45.7%
– New Mexico -44.3%
– Arizona - 41.8%
– Ca. - 40.5%
– Florida - 40.1%
– Mississippi - 38.7%
– Nevada - 38.4%
– Louisiana - 38.1%
– Oklahoma - 37.7%
– Georgia - 37.6%
– South Carolina - 37.4%
– Arkansas - 37.2%
– Utah - 35.2%
– Alabama - 35.1%
– The District of Columbia - 35.1%
– West Virginia - 35.1%
– Alaska - 34.8%
– North Carolina - 34.6%
– Oregon - 34.6%
– Colorado - 34.2%
– Montana - 33.9%

According to the report, 79.3% of the "not insured" were in working families, 70.6% were in full-time employment, while 8.7% worked part-time. 64.2 million "not insured" folk were within the 18-64 year-old age group, 34.9% were aged 25-44.

States with folk "not insured" for some/all of 2006-two thousand and seven:

Ca. - 13 mil
Texas - 9.3 mil
Florida - 6 mil
New York - 5.5 mil
Illinois - 3.6 mil
Georgia - 3.1 mil
Ohio - 2.9 mil
Pennsylvania - 2.9 mil
North Carolina - 2.6 mil
Michigan - 2.5 mil
New Jersey - 2.4 mil

 

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