Millions Of Americans Went Without Insurance From 2004 To 2007
Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Obamacare.
That’s the term to describe the current state of health affairs
in the U.S. However, before Obamacare, many in the U.S. had
difficulty securing affordable health care. Researchers at Penn
State and Harvard University recently revealed that, in a study
done from 2004 to 2007, 89 million Americans were uninsured for
at least month; another 23 million lost their insurance coverage
during that same time. In the project, investigators pooled data
from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Survey of Income and Program
Participation. The survey collected information from individuals
every fourth months and was done over a four-year period. The
team of scientists studied differences in insurance coverage for
people between the ages of four and sixty-four. They decided to
look at data from 2004 to 2007 as it was the most recent period
for four-year data. The findings are featured in a recent
edition of Med