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19.3% of American Children Are Underinsured (New England Journal of Medicine, August 2010)

A recently published analysis of the 2007 National Survey of Children’s Health found that 19.3% of American children (14.1 million) were underinsured in 2007. That is more than the number of children who were uninsured (3.4 million) and the number who had insurance during only part of the year (7.6 million).

A Patchwork of Aid Provides Uneven Support to the Needy in the US (New York Times, May 11, 2009)

Research on US programs for the needy (i.e., welfare, unemployment, housing assistance, Food Stamps and health insurance), published by the New York Times, reveals that as millions of people seek aid, they are finding a complex system that reaches some and rejects others.