1 Pellicle, the protective cover which can be applied to a photomask used in semiconductor device fabrication. Pellicle, the protective cover which can be applied to a photomask used in semiconductor device fabrication.
The percentage of Americans without health insurance just hit an all-time low. The percentage of Americans that do not have health insurance now sits at 8.6%, the lowest on record, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Only about 6-in-10 of us have employer-provided health care insurance, and almost 2-in-10 had no health insurance in 2006, according to the U.S. Census. Children in poverty are more likely (19.3 percent in 2006) to be uninsured than all children (10.9 percent in 2005).