PHM-Exch> Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2011

[Claudio Schuftan]

from: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)

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*Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2011

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DeNavas-Walt, Carmen, Bernadette D. Proctor, and Jessica C. Smith**

*September 2012 - U.S. Census Bureau
***U.S.** Government Printing Office, ****Washington**, **DC****, 2012

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Press Release: http://1.usa.gov/PivM3P

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PDF [89p.] at: http://1.usa.gov/RI5XPS

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“…..The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that in 2010, median household
income declined, the poverty rate increased and the percentage without
health insurance coverage was not statistically different from the previous
year. ****

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     Real median household income in the ****United States**** in 2010 was
$49,445, a 2.3 percent decline from the 2009 median.****

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     The nation's official poverty rate in 2010 was 15.1 percent, up from
14.3 percent in 2009 ─ the third consecutive annual increase in the poverty
rate. There were 46.2 million people in poverty in 2010, up from 43.6
million in 2009 ─ the fourth consecutive annual increase and the largest
number in the 52 years for which poverty estimates have been published.****

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     The number of people without health insurance coverage rose from 49.0
million in 2009 to 49.9 million in 2010, while the percentage without
coverage −16.3 percent - was not statistically different from the rate in
2009.****

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     This information covers the first full calendar year after the
December 2007-June 2009 recession. See section on the historical impact of
recessions.****

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     These findings are contained in the report Income, Poverty, and Health
Insurance Coverage in the ****United States****: 2010. The following
results for the nation were compiled from information collected in the 2011
Current Population Survey (CPS) Annual Social and Economic Supplement
(ASEC)….”

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