Tag: low incomes and poverty
The headline from this year’s Census Bureau’s publications on Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States is fewer Americans are living in poverty but fewer also have health insurance. Both of these developments are newsworthy. The reduction in the poverty rate is good news and reflects several years of a strong economy. …
When it comes to state residents’ health insurance coverage, Utah and New Mexico are polar opposites. Sixty percent of Utah residents are covered at work – the most nationwide. New Mexico employers cover only 36 percent – the lowest coverage rate. It follows that their Medicaid populations also differ. In Utah, the federal-state health insurance program…
