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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Ranks of Uninsured Grow; Poverty Rate Soars

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(Newser) – The number of uninsured Americans rose to 46.3 million last year, up from 45.7 million in 2007, as the poverty rate hit an 11-year high, the Census Bureau announced today. The poverty rate was 13.2% for 2008, up from 12.5% in 2007, the largest annual jump since 2004. The White House says the figures underscore the need for health care reform and the importance of the stimulus, reports the Wall Street Journal.

Patients await their turn for medical care at the St. John's Well Child and Family Center, which oversees clinics that treat Los Angeles' poor and uninsured.
Patients await their turn for medical care at the St. John's Well Child and Family Center, which oversees clinics that treat Los Angeles' poor and uninsured.   (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Cassandra Kelsey, 55 has a variety of paperwork seen on, Feb. 26, 2009. Kelsey was recently laid off from her job and is now struggling with being unemployed and uninsured.
Cassandra Kelsey, 55 has a variety of paperwork seen on, Feb. 26, 2009. Kelsey was recently laid off from her job and is now struggling with being unemployed and uninsured.   (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Jayster999
Sep 10, 09 11:11 AM CDT
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Sep 10, 09 11:22 AM CDT
If you recall, the number of those immigrating to the US from Mexico, and all of Latin America, dropped in the final years of Bush's administration because of their fears over what might have happened had the US govt passed immigration reform. Plus I'd bet that most of those newly lacking medical insurance are the same people who were laid off in the latter half of 2008.
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Sep 10, 09 11:42 AM CDT
yes, jester666, illegals is the real problem....and as if they are all from mexico.../sniff sniff...i smell unabashed racism....
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odowd80
Sep 10, 09 11:52 AM CDT
Well Jayster, I am tempted to move to Mexico since they have a better health care system than we have.
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Rembrandt_Q_Einstein
Sep 10, 09 12:34 PM CDT
You forgot to end your post with "White Power".
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