CDC: Number Of Uninsured Adults Rises (2 Million More from 2005 to 2006)

[Hissyspit]

Source: Associated Press

CDC: Number Of Uninsured Adults Rises
2 Million More Americans Joined Ranks Of Uninsured In 2006, Report Says

ATLANTA, June 26, 2007
(AP) The number of adults without health insurance jumped by 2 million from 2005 to 2006, according to a new federal report.

Uninsured Americans numbered 43.6 million last year, a 6 percent increase from 2005, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Almost all the increase was in the non-elderly adult population — a trend attributed to diminishing employer coverage and pricier private insurance.

The change in non-elderly adults was significant, but the overall increase was not, CDC officials said. The overall count of the uninsured has been fluctuating between 41 and 44 million over the last five years and is not really trending up, they said.

"It's kind of bobbled around," said Robin Cohen, a CDC statistician who is lead author of the report released Monday.

The CDC is one of at least three federal agencies that estimate the number of Americans without health insurance. The U.S. Census Bureau puts out what is perhaps the best-known number, but that agency's 2006 estimate is not to be released until August.


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[ananda]

1. Sounds like a low figure to me.

The real number is probably at least double that of 43m.

Sue

[mbperrin]

2. And nothing is said about those with LOUSY coverage,

like mine.