1 in 7 Lack Health Insurance in U.S., Census Survey Finds; Number Rises for 4th Year in Row

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For the fourth straight year, the number of people without health insurance in the United States increased in 2004, rising to an estimated 45.8 million people, or more than one in seven people, U.S. Census Bureau figures showed Tuesday.

The estimate showed a slight increase from 2003, when the bureau reported that 45 million people were without health insurance. And the percentage of the population that is uninsured remained virtually unchanged in the past year at 15.7%.

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1 in 7 Lack Health Insurance in U.S., Census Survey Finds; Number Rises for 4th Year in Row

Since 2000, however, the number of uninsured has increased by 6 million, as soaring health care costs have prodded employers to drop health insurance as a benefit. That number would have been higher if not for a sharp increase in people getting health insurance through Medicaid and...

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