Report Finds Too Many without Health Insurance

About 86.7 million Americans, or a third of those under age 65,
lacked health insurance at some point during 2007 and 2008,
according to a new report by Families USA, a consumer advocacy group.
Released March 4, the report found about 60 percent of those without health
insurance lacked coverage for nine months or longer, while about
three-quarters lacked coverage for six months or longer. A quarter
of those without coverage lacked it for all of 2007 and 2008,
according to the report, “Americans at Risk: One In Three Uninsured.”