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    Health Care Proposals of the 2008 Democratic and Republican Presidential Nominees: Implications for Improving Acc ess, Affordability and Quality for America’s Minorities
    (Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, 2008) Andrulis, Dennis P.; Smith, David B.; Siddiqui, Nadia J.; Duchon, Lisa
    In this election year, affordable health care is among the top issues for voters. Recognizing the need for action, the Republican and Democratic nominees have made health care reform a centerpiece of their respective presidential platforms. Each believes his approach will work best to expand health insurance coverage, reduce costs and improve quality for the world’s most costly health care system. Of greatest concern are the 47 million Americans without health insurance—half of whom are minorities. As the U.S. grows more racially and ethnically diverse, so, too, does the significance of disparities in chronic disease rates, shorter life spans and access to affordable, high quality health care. High uninsured rates and racial/ethnic disparities are the primary reasons why the United States lags behind the world’s most developed countries on most indicators of health status.
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    Key Facts: Race, Ethnicity & Medical Care
    (The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2007) James, Cara; Thomas, Megan; Lillie-Blanton, Marsha; Garfield, Rachel
    This update of Key Facts: Race, Ethnicity, and Medical Care, like its predecessors, is intended to serve as a quick reference source on the health, health insurance coverage, access and quality of health care of racial and ethnic groups in the United States. The document highlights some of the best available data and research in these areas. Since the first edition of Key Facts in 1999, the issue of racial/ethnic disparities in health care has received a significant level of attention. The Institute of Medicine released Unequal Treatment in 2002 summarizing the research to date on racial and ethnic disparities in health care and offering guidance as to what questions remained unanswered and what information was needed to answer those questions. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released the first National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR) in 2003. The report, which is issued annually by AHRQ, provides a comprehensive review of disparities in health care among racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups in the United States.
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    Current Population Reports, P60-235, Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2007
    (U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008) Carmen, DeNavas-Walt; Proctor, Bernadette D.; Smith, Jessica C.
    This report presents data on income, poverty, and health insurance coverage in the United States based on information collected in the 2008 and earlier Annual Social and Economic Supplements (ASEC) to the Current Population Survey (CPS) conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. Data presented in this report indicate the following: • Real median household income increased between 2006 and 2007—the third annual increase.1 • The poverty rate was not statistically different between 2006 and 2007. • Both the number and the percentage of people without health insurance coverage decreased between 2006 and 2007. These results were not uniform across groups. For example, between 2006 and 2007, real median household income rose for non-Hispanic Whites and Blacks but remained statistically unchanged for Asians and Hispanics; the poverty rate increased for children under 18 years old but remained statistically unchanged for people 18 to 64 years old and people 65 and over; and the percentage of people without health insurance decreased for the native-born population, while the foreign-born population remained statistically unchanged.2, 3 These results are discussed in more detail in the three main sections of this report income, poverty, and health insurance coverage. Each section presents estimates by characteristics such as race, Hispanic origin, nativity, and region. Other topics include earnings of year-round, full-time workers; families in poverty; and health insurance coverage of children. This report concludes with a section discussing health insurance coverage by state using 2- and 3-year averages.
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    Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2005
    (2006) DeNavas-Walt, Carmen; Proctor, Bernadette D.; Lee, Cheryl Hill
    This report presents data on income, poverty, and health insurance coverage in the United States based on information collected in the 2006 and earlier Annual Social and Economic Supplements (ASEC) to the Current Population Survey (CPS) conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. Real median household income increased between 2004 and 2005. Both the number of people in poverty and the poverty rate were not statistically different between 2004 and 2005. The number of people with health insurance coverage increased, while the percentage of people with health insurance coverage decreased between 2004 and 2005. Both the number and the percentage of people without health insurance coverage increased between 2004 and 2005. These results were not uniform across demographic groups. For example, the poverty rate for non-Hispanic Whites decreased, while the overall rate was statistically unchanged. This report has three main sections— income, poverty, and health insurance coverage.