Corporate Research Group’s Weblog

Good news on the uninsured front.  The U.S. Census Bureau reported (full report) that the number of people without health insurance fell nearly 3% to 45.7 million in 2007, compared to 47 million in 2006.  No doubt you can thank the consumer-driven healthcare revolution for increasing the availability and affordability of health insurance through competitive market-based solutions aimed at a growing number of Americans.  Actually, no.  Rather, the number of people enrolled in government-sponsored health insurance programs accounted for the entire improvement, increasing by 2.7 million to 83 million in 2007.  The best part?  The number of unsinsured children fell 7%.  Enrollment in private health insurance, i.e., the market-based stuff, was pretty much unchanged.

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