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Article: 700,000 NEW YORKERS WITH JOBS DO NOT HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE

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August 22, 2007
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The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene issued the following press release:

Having a job is not necessarily a passport to health insurance in New York City. One million New Yorkers - some 17% of the adult population - lacked coverage in 2005, according to a new Health Department report, and 700,000 of them were employed. The complete report, Health Care Access among Adults in New York City, is available online at http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/hca/hca-nyc-adults.pdf.

The report suggests that the lack of coverage is especially severe among young adults, Hispanics, and men:

* More than one quarter (27%) of 18- to 24-year-olds lack health insurance, compared to 19% ...

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