Five Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured reports released at a policy briefing profile the growing uninsured population and portray the health care safety net as increasingly strained to meet uninsured people’s needs.

 News Release

 Covering the Uninsured:  Growing Need, Strained Resources

 Federal Spending on the Health Care Safety Net from 2001-2004:  Has Spending Kept Pace with the Growth in the Uninsured?

 Health Affairs article, Changes in Economic Conditions and Health Insurance Coverage, 2000-2004 (Free Access)
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 Are Immigrants Responsible for Most of the Growth of the Uninsured?

 Threadbare:  Holes in America’s Health Care Safety Net

 Health Coverage in America, 2004 Data Update

 The Uninsured and Their Access to Health Care

 Webcast of policy briefing releasing new studies