CDC: Private health care coverage at 50-year-low
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 - 16:28
in Health & Medicine
ATLANTA (AP) -- The percentage of Americans who don't have private health insurance has hit its lowest mark in 50 years, according to two new government reports. About 65 percent of non-elderly Americans had private insurance in 2008, down from 67 percent the year before, according to preliminary data released Wednesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....