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The Uninsured and Their Access to Health Care
This fact sheet describes the characteristics of the uninsured population, the difference health insurance makes, and why there is a large uninsured population.

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Information provided by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Publication Number: 1420-07
Publish Date: 2005-11-04

 
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