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Article: Census Findings on Health Coverage Highlight Health Care Crisis Facing American Employees; ABC Calls on Senate to Act Immediately to Pass AHP Legislation to Benefit American Workers and Their families.
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- September 30, 2003
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) cited figures released today by the U.S. Census Bureau showing that the number of Americans without health insurance increased by 5.7 percent in 2002, to 43.6 million, to demand that the U.S. Senate act quickly to adopt Association Health Plans (AHP) legislation (S. 545), introduced March 6, 2003. The U.S. House of Representatives passed companion legislation on June 19, 2003 but to date the Senate has failed to consider this legislation.
"America's workers have waited too long for help on the rising costs of healthcare coverage," said Kirk Pickerel, ABC president and CEO. "Its time ...