Health Care Tippecanoe: Uninsured Hoosiers Increase in 2009

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Uninsured Hoosiers Increase in 2009

According to a Gallup survey, the number of Hoosiers without health insurance grew from 14.7 percent in 2008 to 16.1 percent in 2009. As FishersDemo observes on Blue Indiana

This equates to approximately one out of every SIX Hoosier adults having no health insurance. Keep in mind that Seniors have Medicare, then the percentage of adults of working age who are without health insurance becomes mind-boggling.

In Massachusetts, with its health insurance mandate, only 5.5 percent lack health care coverage. You can see Gallup's nationwide survey here.

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Welcome to the new blog from the Tippecanoe County Democrats designed to help keep you aware of issues that may impact the security of your health care as the country debates the shape of health care reform. We support the principles that President Obama has put forth--that health care must be affordable, effective, available to everyone. It should be fiscally responsible; reform should be paid for and not increase the national debt. We believe that the American people embrace those goals because their own health care security will grow with such reform, as will the health of America's economy.

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Health Care Reform Websites

Reality Check--The facts about reform from the White House

FamiliesUSA--Advocating for health care consumers since 1982

Healthy Economy Now--Health care reform can fix the economy--from PhRMA, AARP, AMA and others

Stand Up for Healthcare--A FamiliesUSA blog

HealthReform.gov--From the Department of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary

Take Action--League of Women Voters

Health Care in America--CNN

Prescription for Change--NPR

Health Care for America Now

Prescriptions: Making Sense of the Health Care Debate--The New York Times

Health Care Reform--United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

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