PULSE - : Monday, September 30, 2002

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Monday, September 30, 2002

After Decline, the Number of Uninsured Rose in 2001
New York Times story - "The number of Americans without health insurance rose to 41.2 million last year, an increase of 1.4 million, and small businesses accounted for much of the erosion in coverage, the Census Bureau said today. The proportion of the population without insurance also increased, to 14.6 percent in 2001, from 14.2 percent in 2000, the bureau said." [Viewing New York Times resources requires registration, which is free].


Tracking Health Care Costs: Hospital Spending Spurs Double-Digit Increase in 2001
Data bulletin from the Center for Studying Health System Change. See also the related abstract of a Health Affairs journal article.


Watching SCHIP grow up: Accomplishments and challenges in covering the uninsured
American Medical News story on the 5-year-old children's insurance program's successes - and worries about its financial future.

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