[lbo-talk] uninsurance rates by state

Addison Windwall addledwindwall at gmail.com
Wed Aug 19 20:08:04 PDT 2009


On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Marv Gandall <marvgandall at videotron.ca>wrote:


> 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?
>

Perhaps healthcare is less expensive in many of the less insured states, creating an incentive to avoid insurance?


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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven L. Robinson" <
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> 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
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Doug Henwood
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>> Sent: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:57:39 +0000 (UTC)
>> Subject: [lbo-talk] uninsurance rates by state
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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.]
>>
>>
>> >
>>
>> 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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