U.S. Census Bureau Reports Slight Drop In Uninsured

OPEN MINDS On-Line News Strategic Health Care News In 2007, the number of uninsured Americans dropped from 47 million in 2006 to 45.7 million. It is the first annual decline in the rate in seven years. The drop was largely due to an increase in the number of children getting health insurance through government-funded programs. The number of uninsured children under 18 declined in the period from 8.7 million (11.7% of children) in 2006 to 8.1 million. The Northeast and the Midwest had lower uninsured rates in 2007 (11.4%) than the West (16 . . .