The following editorial appeared in the New York Daily News on Wednesday, Aug. 29:

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The number of Americans who lack health insurance leaped by more than 2 million last year, continuing a trend that has persisted through the Bush presidency. According to Census Bureau figures released Tuesday, the United States was home to 40 million uninsured people in 2001. Last year, there were 47 million.

Heckuva job, Georgie!

The percentage of workers with private coverage fell from 2005 to 2006, as did the percentage of people cared for under government programs. As a result, almost 16 percent of the population goes without insurance, including, unconscionably, 8.7 ...