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Article: Consumer Reports Health Insurance Survey Reveals 1 in 4 People Insured But Not Adequately Covered
- Article from:
- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- August 6, 2007
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To: HEALTH EDITORS
Contact: Tildy La Farge, +1-914-378-2436, mlafarge@consumer.org,
or Lauren Hackett, +1-914-378-2561, lhackett@consumer.org, both of
Consumer Reports
YONKERS, N.Y., Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new Consumer
Reports study identifies the "underinsured" -- accounting for 24% of
the U.S. population -- living with skeletal health insurance that
barely covers their medical needs and leaves them unprepared to pay
for major medical expenses.
Forty-nine percent of people overall, and 43 percent of people
with insurance said they were "somewhat" to "completely" unprepared