New data from a North Carolina agency shows an increase in the number of uninsured residents in a six-year span.
Numbers from the North Carolina Institute of Medicine shows that 291,000 residents joined the ranks of the uninsured between 2004-2005 and 2009-2010. That represents an increase of 2.4 percent of the population. The data showed almost one out of every five non-elderly people in North Carolina did not have health insurance in 2009-2010.
Data showed two-thirds of the uninsured live in families where there is at least one full-time worker. However, the percentage of uninsured who live in families with no workers, part-time workers and only one full-time worker has increased 12 percentage points over 5 years. The agency says the rise is likely a reflection of the recession.
Topics North Carolina
Was this article valuable?
Here are more articles you may enjoy.
Catastrophe Bond Investors Told to Brace for Jamaica Payout 
Florida Appeals Court Reverses $200M Jury Verdict in Maya Kowalski Case 
AIG Joins Private Equity Firm Onex to Acquire Re/Insurer Convex Group 
AIG to Acquire Renewal Rights of Everest’s Retail Commercial Business Worth $2B 
