State Efforts to Reform Health Care

From the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation today is the latest State of the States 2007, Building Hope, Raising Expectations.
The loss of coverage among the middle class is perhaps the most dramatic illustration of the growing problem of uninsurance. According to U.S. Census data, from 2002 to 2005, the number of uninsured Americans rose 7 percent to more than 46 million; among those with incomes of $50,000-$75,000, it rose 24 percent. Nearly four in five Americans who lost coverage during this time had annual incomes in excess of $50,000.