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Health Mar 29

Biden budget calls for future investments in health care as COVID aid runs out

By Laura Santhanam

Economy Sep 15

Income in the U.S. rose in 2019. So did the number of uninsured

In 2019, median household income in the U.S. was the highest ever on record. But that was before the coronavirus pandemic hit.

By Mike Schneider, Associated Press

Making Sen$e May 07

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For many Americans, health coverage is tied to a job — and now they have neither

Consequences of the unemployment driven by the novel coronavirus pandemic will reverberate through the U.S. economy for months, if not years. One result: as millions of Americans lose their jobs, they are also losing their health care coverage -- and…

By Paul Solman

Economy Apr 03

For workers affected by coronavirus job cuts, insurance marketplaces may offer help

The health insurance markets are a backbone of the Obama-era law that President Donald Trump has tried to demolish. They are now seen as a key option to help protect people from devastating medical bills while they search for another…

By Tom Murphy, Associated Press

Economy Sep 12

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Parsing the Numbers on Income, Poverty and Insurance from Latest U.S. Census

Parsing the Numbers on Income, Poverty and Insurance from Latest U.S. Census…

Aug 28

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Number of Uninsured Hits New High, Census Shows

The Census Bureau reported Tuesday that 47 million Americans had no health insurance in 2006, an increase of more than 2 million from the previous year. Health correspondent Susan Dentzer discusses the growing problem.

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