Uninsured in the United States

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The term uninsured in the United States is used to refer residents of the United States who do not have health insurance coverage. According to the United States Census Bureau, in 2008 there were 46.3 million people in the US (15.4% of the population) who were without health insurance for at least part of that year.The percentage of the non-elderly population who are uninsured has been generally increasing since the year 2000. The causes of this rate of uninsurance remain a matter of political debate. Rising insurance costs have contributed to a trend in which fewer employers are offering health insurance, and many employers are managing costs by requiring higher employee contributions. Many of the uninsured are the working poor or are unemployed