Uninsured kids in middle class have same unmet needs as poor

Saturday, May 3, 2008 - 01:28 in Health & Medicine

Nationwide, uninsured children in families earning between $38,000 and $77,000 a year are just as likely to go without any health care as uninsured children in poorer families. More than 40 percent of children in those income brackets who are uninsured all year see no physicians and have no prescriptions all year, according to new research from the University of Rochester Medical Center.

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