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Hissyspit

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Wed Sep 16, 2015, 10:48 AM Sep 2015

Number of Uninsured Drops 8.8 Million

Source: New York Times

New York Times Breaking News Alert
Number of Uninsured Drops 8.8 Million


Poverty Rate Holds Steady, but Number of Uninsured Drops
By ROBERT PEARSEPT. 16, 2015

WASHINGTON — The number of people without health insurance dropped last year by 8.8 million, to a total of 33 million, but there was no statistically significant change in income for the typical American household, the Obama administration said Wednesday.

Median household income in the United States was $53,660 last year, the Census Bureau reported.

In addition, it said, there was no meaningful change in the official poverty rate — 14.8 percent in 2014. About 46.7 million people were in poverty, the bureau said.

This was the fourth consecutive year in which the number of people in poverty was not statistically different from the official estimate for the prior year.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/17/us/politics/census-bureau-poverty-rate-uninsured.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
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Number of Uninsured Drops 8.8 Million (Original Post) Hissyspit Sep 2015 OP
All of which will change if the Dems don't hold the white house saturnsring Sep 2015 #1
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