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Article: Number in U.S. without health insurance jumps to 15 percent.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- September 29, 2003
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Byline: Bruce Japsen
CHICAGO _ The number of Americans without health insurance rose in 2002 for the second consecutive year as more workers lost jobs and many who remained employed lost medical coverage, a new report says.
The ranks of the uninsured rose to 43.6 million, an increase of 2.4 million from 2001, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report scheduled to be released Tuesday. That meant 15.2 percent of the U.S. population had no health insurance last year, compared with 14.6 percent in 2001.
The national trend is particularly troubling for workers, who are shouldering more of the cost of health care as employers look for ways to reduce ...