Health Insurance Blog

According to a report released by the US Census Bureau, both the number and percentage of uninsured Americans decreased in 2007.  The report cited 45.3 Million Americans as being uninsured or 15.3% of the population  down from 47.0 million (15.8%)

Other report findings:

1) The percentage of Hispanic that were uninsured declined from 34.1% to 32.1%.  More than double the national average.

2) The percentage of African Americans that were uninsured declined from 20.5% to 19.5%

3) The Percentage of Caucasians that were uninsured declined from 10.8% to 10.4%

4) The Percentage of Asian Americans that were uninsured increased from 15.5% to 16.8%

On the surface it appears as if state programs and campaigns to educate the uninsured about the importance of health insurance as well as federal programs providing health plans for low-income families, and health plans for children may be taking hold.

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