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Fact Based List:
Five Facts about the Uninsured
Submitted By Spencer Rinkus, Created 01/05/2011 - 18:13
- Most of the nation’s 50 million uninsured are low- or moderate-income
- More than three-quarters of the uninsured are in a working family
- Medicaid fills a key gap by preventing more people from becoming uninsured
- About one-quarter of uninsured adults go without needed care due to cost
- Medical bills are a burden for the uninsured and frequently leave them with debt
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation, “Five Facts about the Uninsured.” Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. September 2010.
Source URL: http://www.kff.org/uninsured/upload/7806-03.pdf