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Based on Census data released by the Department of Commerce
August 27, 2008:

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At the DNC last week, it was being said that the number of uninsureds had increased by 3 million.

Not true, according to data recently released by the Commerce Dept.

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The number of insured people increased by 2.3 million — to almost 300 million total insureds.

The number of uninsureds dropped by about 1.3 million — to 45.657 million.

Of the 45.657 million uninsureds:

• Almost 10 millions are classified as “not a citizen”;
• Over 9 million earn more than $75,000 annually;
• Over 15 million earn more than $50,000 annually;
• Almost 10 million are classified as “did not work”

Note: categories are not mutually exclusive, so there is some double-counting.

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Published in  “Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2007”, U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration

Full report:
http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/p60-235.pdf

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