but don't get sick. a new study has found that 'almost 82 million people in the United States or one in three under age 65 had no health insurance for at least one month in the past two years.'
well, that's only one month.... 'nearly two-thirds of those people had no insurance for at least six months during 2002 and 2003, and just over half went without benefits for at least nine months.'
not feeling it yet? 'Hispanics, the nation's largest minority group, had the highest rate of uninsured at just under 60 percent. Nearly 43 percent of blacks under 65 were uninsured and almost 24 percent of whites.'
let me put it another way: the majority of Latinos* do not have health insurance. 'If this country tolerates a lot of people without health insurance, that could be me.' Wait, that is me.
*: my sociology classes this spring told me that 'Latino' was better than 'Hispanic.'
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