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More NJ residents lack health insurance

by: Jason Springer

Tue Aug 26, 2008 at 06:39:11 PM EDT



NJ is bucking the trend.  According to the census, while the number of uninsured people across the country decreased, those without coverage in NJ actually increased:
New Jersey's uninsured rate increased from 14.2 percent in the two-year period from 2004-2005 to 15.6 percent in 2006-2007. The number of uninsured people throughout the country dropped over 1 million. The national percentage of uninsured people is 15.3 percent.
More surprising than the increase of uninsured perhaps, is the fact that it occurred as the median income rose by 2% over that same period.  I would think people making more would get coverage, but maybe they're just being forced to spend that extra income on everything from gas to food and more to get by.
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