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45 million people in the United States lacked health insurance in 2003
Physician Practice Advisor, September 3, 2004
The number of uninsured in the United States reached 45 million in 2003, a 3.2% increase over the 43.6 million people without insurance in 2002, according to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau.
The rate of uninsured among the population rose to 15.6% last year, up from 15.2% in 2002.
A decline in coverage by employer-sponsored plans is mostly responsible for the overall drop in coverage, according to the bureau. The percentage and number of people covered by their employers fell to 60.4%, or 174 million people in 2003 from 61.3%, or 175.3 million people in 2002.
According to the data, 243.3 million people had health insurance coverage in 2003, an increase of 1 million over 2002.
For more information, go to www.census.gov.
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