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Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty

Health Insurance Coverage

Gov’t report: Illinois among 8 states with significant drop in uninsured, Associated Press, February 9, 2016, Chicago Tribune: “Eight states saw a significant drop last year in the number of residents going without health insurance, according to a government report out Tuesday that has implications for the presidential campaign.  All but Florida had accepted a Medicaid expansion that is one of two major pathways to coverage under President Barack Obama’s health care law. The law’s other coverage route is subsidized private insurance, available in all 50 states…”