Tuesday, June 17, 2003

Hidden Costs Of The Uninsured
CBS News story - "The poor health and premature deaths of people without health insurance costs the nation between $65 billion and $130 billion annually, says a study by the Institute of Medicine. The Institute, an arm of the National Academy of Sciences, estimated that 41 million Americans lack health insurance, up from the 38.7 million without coverage reported by the Census Bureau in 2000." See also an electronic version of the report at the National Academies web site, where there's an index page of recent reports, among them A Shared Destiny: Community Effects of Uninsurance (March 2003).