the study also found that 58.5 million Americans were without health insurance at some point in 09 and 32.8 million were uninsured for more than a year.
The state with the lowest amounts of uninsured (3.7 percent) was Massachusetts, which passed universal health care in 06. Texas has the largest quantities of non- insured with 24.6 percent uninsured.
Massachusetts has been able to maintain a low uninsured rate in spite of the recession and the increase in health care costs - many attribute this to the residents of the penalty to be paid if they waive the cover . This could be an indication that the health insurance individual mandate could help stabilize the levels of uninsured rate in the future.
On a more positive note, the number of uninsured children declined poor. In 09, 81.4 percent of poor children and 58.4 percent of poor children nearby were covered by a public health plan at the time of the survey. This is an indication that the efforts and increased spending to register more low-income children has provided more children to cover health care.
Overall, these results show the need for reform of health care and the importance of expanding insurance coverage to more Americans illness. Hopefully there will be a decline in the uninsured rate in the coming years.
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