Health Care > Number of Uninsured May Have Been Exaggerated
From The LA Times via Outside the Beltway.
The number of Americans without health insurance -- one of the most watched and worrisome indicators of economic well-being -- may be overstated by as much as 20%, according to research conducted for the government. That could mean 9 million fewer uninsured, reducing the total to 36 million from the 45 million reported for 2003, the latest year for which data are available.[...]
The other estimate, using 2001 data, was calculated by researchers at the Urban Institute, a nonpartisanWashington think tank. It indicated a smaller over-count of about 4 million.
Posted by lesjones