People's Summit participants line-up outside Grand Circus Park in downtown Detroit for a march on GM World Headquarters on June 15, 2009. The Summit demanded full-employment in the US. (Photo: Alan Pollock)
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Friday, September 11, 2009
LANSING, Mich. -- A new report says 1.3 million people in Michigan lacked health insurance last year.
The U.S. Census Bureau said Thursday 11.7 percent of state residents weren't covered through private companies or the government in 2008. That's up from 10.4 percent in 2007.
Things may be even worse now, because the figures don't include people who lost coverage as unemployment rose this year.
The Michigan League for Human Service says the report has good news and bad news for the state.
The increase of 1.3 percentage points in Michigan's uninsured rate was third-highest in the country, behind only Alaska and New Mexico.
But Michigan's percentage of uninsured residents was lower than the national rate of 15.4 percent.
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