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Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2005 4:44 p.m. EDT
Census: Uninsured Can Afford It
Countering the commonly held notion that Americans who don’t have health insurance can’t afford it, the Census Bureau reports that nearly one-third of those without insurance live in households with an annual income of $50,000 or more.
About 16 million Americans in $50,000-plus households – more than 13 percent of the total – lack insurance, as do 8 million earning more than $75,000 a year.
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The number of uninsured people in $75,000-plus households actually went up by 114 percent over a recent 9-year period, while those in households with incomes under $25,000 fell by 17 percent.
The new Census Bureau report also reveals:
About 14 million uninsured adults and children are currently eligible for government medical coverage, such as Medicaid, but have not enrolled in any program.
The parents of 5 million eligible children have failed to enroll them.
For people who lack insurance for a period of time, about 75 percent are without it for less than a year.
11.8 million of the uninsured are foreign-born, and 9.5 million of those are non-citizens.
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