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Race and Ethnicity of Uninsured

African Americans are twice as likely, and Hispanics three times as likely, as Caucasians to be uninsured.

  • Source: Fronstin D. 2000. Sources of Health Insurance and Characteristics of the Uninsured: Analysis of the March 2000 Current survey. Issue Brief No. 228. Washington, DC: Employee Benefit Research Institute.
  • Source: Hoffman C, Pohl M. 2000. Health Insurance Coverage in America: 1999 Data Update. Washington, DC: The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured.
 
     

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