Aug

28

Report: Poverty on the rise in US

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As per latest survey, more than 37 million Americans live in poverty and nearly 46 million have no health insurance

The US Census Bureau’s annual report on income, poverty and health insurance coverage showed that some 37.3 million people lived in poverty in the United States in 2007, an increase from the 36.5 million people in 2006,

David Johnson, head of the housing and household economic statistics division of the Census Bureau said, “The number of people without health insurance coverage decreased to 45.7 million people in 2007″ from 47 million in 2006.

But while the report showed slightly more Americans had health coverage than in 2006, the changes were too little to cheer about, said Paul Fronstin, a senior research associate at the Employee Benefits Research Institute.

Fronstin a senior research associate of the Employee Benefits Research Institute said, “Generally, what the report shows is that there has been some change but it’s pretty minor,”

He said, “This isn’t progress. The changes are insignificant and we would need to see this happen for 10 years to say there has been progress,”

According to a report published earlier this year by the Annie E Casey Foundation, which advocates for public policies and reforms to alleviate poverty, both the Democratic and Republican parties have made the “fight against poverty a priority in their campaigns.”



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