Census Bureau Reports Decrease in People Without Health Insurance

The U.S. Census Bureau announced this week that the percentage of people without health insurance coverage decreased.

The number of people without health insurance coverage declined from 50.0 million in 2010 to 48.6 million in 2011, as did the percentage without coverage - from 16.3 percent in 2010 to 15.7 percent in 2011. These findings are contained in the report “Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2011.”

The decrease in uninsurance may be at least partly attributable to a provision in the Affordable Care Act, already in effect,...

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Published By: Psychiatric News - Friday, 14 September