- Census data reveal broad differences among states in rates of uninsured, By Lena H. Sun, July 28, 2010, Washington Post: “New census data released Tuesday confirm a huge spread in the rate of uninsured from state to state and the big difference in impact that can be expected as a result of the health-care overhaul recently passed by Congress. The statistics are for 2007 and show health insurance coverage by state and for each of the country’s roughly 3,140 counties. The numbers do not include the impact on millions of people who lost their jobs and health insurance after the recession began in December 2007. The 2007 snapshot shows that Massachusetts, which has achieved near-universal coverage, had the lowest rate of uninsured people under age 65, about 7.8 percent. States with the highest rates of uninsured were in the South and West: Texas was at the top, with 26.8 percent, followed by New Mexico (26.7 percent) and Florida (24.2 percent)…”
- 2007 data show state had 6.5 million uninsured, By Victoria Colliver, July 30, 2010, San Francisco Chronicle: “More than one fifth of Californians went without health insurance in 2007, with Bay Area counties having some of the lowest rates of uninsured people in the state, according to statistics released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau. The Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, which looked at every county in the nation, found that 20.2 percent of Californians were uninsured in 2007. The counties in California with the highest rates of residents without health insurance – Mono, Colusa, Monterey – tended to be smaller, rural or more reliant on agriculture than other regions…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty