tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 37

Medicaid: Medicaid Helps Stave Off Uninsured Increase

Census survey also shows SCHIP's effectiveness.Thanks to government programs, the plight of individuals without health insurance did not worsen over the last year--despite reductions in employer health plans, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's recent findings.Overall, the number of those without health insurance coverage grew by 800,000 to 45.8 million in 2004, reported the bureau's population survey, entitled "Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2004." This number means that the percentage of uninsured Americans stayed the same at 15.7 percent between 2003 and 2004. The percentage of children...

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