The problem is even growing with kids, despite Medicaid and Chips programs. More private employers are dropping children from coverage or pushing the premiums up so families cannot afford them. I wonder why children are not getting enrolled in Chips programs though.
Gail Shearer, health policy director at Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports, said Congress and the Bush administration should immediately "rededicate" themselves to expanding health insurance coverage.
"This substantial increase in the uninsured should get everyone's attention," she added in a prepared statement. "We should not have to wait until the next president takes office to deal with this very real problem. Congress and the President ought to commit to expanding coverage now."
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