[lbo-talk] uninsurance rates by state

Marv Gandall marvgandall at videotron.ca
Wed Aug 19 14:29:02 PDT 2009


It would be interesting to see the racial and ethnic breakdown in the highly uninsured states. They have large concentrations of blacks and Hispanics, no?

----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven L. Robinson" <srobin21 at comcast.net> To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 5:13 PM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] uninsurance rates by state


> Looks more like a division between the sunbelt (high rate) vs. frostbelt
> (low rate). California is the joker in the deck as it is both a sunbelt
> and a blue state yet it is a relatively high rate of uninsurance. SR
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Doug Henwood
> To: lbo-talk
> Sent: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:57:39 +0000 (UTC)
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>
> [Looks like the ten lowest are mostly Dem; the ten highest, mostly
> Rep. What a funny country. The ranks are all in graphics, which I
> can't forward, and don't feel like typing.]
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> Uninsured: Highest Percentage in Texas, Lowest in Mass.Percentage of
> adults without health insurance is up in several states
> by Elizabeth Mendes
> WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Higher percentages of Texas, New Mexico, and
> Mississippi residents are without health insurance -- roughly one in
> four -- than is true for any other states in the U.S. In
> Massachusetts, where legislation requires all residents to carry
> health insurance coverage or face a tax penalty, 5.5% are without
> insurance -- the lowest percentage in the country.
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