Americans Going Longer Without Health Coverage
Americans are going without health insurance for longer periods, according to a government survey.
The Census Bureau, which tracked how long people went without health insurance from February, 1991, to September, 1993, said Monday that the average spell lasted 7.1 months. That was up from six months for those who had no insurance sometime during the same 1990-92 period.
About 64 million Americans--27% of the population--went without health insurance for at least one month during the period studied, the Census Bureau said.
Nine million people were uninsured during the 32 months of the survey, the Census Bureau said. About 18 million were uninsured for all of 1992 and 17 million were uninsured throughout the survey period of 1993.
At any given time, 41 million Americans have no health insurance, according to previous Census Bureau reports. Young adults ages 18 to 24 were the most likely to go without health insurance for at least a month.
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