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ELECTION 2004 Volume 351:1479-1481 October 7, 2004 Number 15 Next

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According to the most recent data, nearly 45 million Americans — 15.6 percent of the U.S. population — did not have health insurance during a typical month in 2003. This represents an increase of 5 million people and more than 1 percent of the population since 1990 (see Figure). Despite intense public debate and concern over the issue of the uninsured, the proportion of the population without insurance remains higher than it was 20 years ago.¹

View larger version (11K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure. Proportion of the U.S. Population without Health Insurance, 1990–2003. Data are from the U.S. Census Bureau.1 The decrease between 1998 and 1999 . . . [Full Text of this Article]

 

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From the Department of Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta.

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