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Today's Health Care Check-Up: - September 21, 2000
1.3 Million More Uninsured Americans
The Ultimate Consequences of the Dingell-Norwood-Kennedy
Bill
Of course patients should get the health care they deserve, but they
should also get the care they need when they need it. The
Dingell-Norwood-Kennedy bill would not get patients the care they need
until the conclusion of a lengthy court proceeding. Worse,
Dingell-Norwood-Kennedy’s new, unlimited lawsuits against employers will
lead to higher health care costs and force 1.3 million more Americans to
lose their health insurance altogether. How many Americans from your state
will lose their health insurance if Dingell-Norwood-Kennedy becomes law?
State |
Increase in Uninsured |
State |
Increase in Uninsured |
Alabama |
21,591 |
Montana |
2,192 |
Alaska |
2,379 |
Nebraska |
12,879 |
Arizona |
24,698 |
Nevada |
11,485 |
Arkansas |
9,166 |
New Hampshire |
4,345 |
California |
186,451 |
New Jersey |
41,276 |
Colorado |
22,846 |
New Mexico |
7,268 |
Connecticut |
15,242 |
New York |
78,359 |
Delaware |
3,432 |
North Carolina |
29,925 |
Florida |
75,630 |
North Dakota |
4,446 |
Georgia |
34,892 |
Ohio |
55,489 |
Hawaii |
5,164 |
Oklahoma |
15,681 |
Idaho |
3,175 |
Oregon |
20,063 |
Illinois |
59,999 |
Pennsylvania |
49,439 |
Indiana |
27,897 |
Rhode Island |
5,335 |
Iowa |
11,840 |
South Carolina |
16,876 |
Kansas |
12,528 |
South Dakota |
4,106 |
Kentucky |
20,446 |
Tennessee |
29,049 |
Louisiana |
16,493 |
Texas |
86,451 |
Maine |
3,333 |
Utah |
15,888 |
Maryland |
30,816 |
Vermont |
1,332 |
Massachusetts |
29,543 |
Virginia |
30,293 |
Michigan |
39,383 |
Washington |
35,522 |
Minnesota |
25,119 |
West Virginia |
4,966 |
Mississippi |
11,166 |
Wisconsin |
29,228 |
Missouri |
31,330 |
Wyoming |
971 |
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United States |
1,320,035 |
Source: Barents Group LLC, "Impact of Legislation Affecting Managed
Care Consumers: 1999-2003," April 1998. Estimates are based on Barents
findings adjusted to reflect CBO 4.1% estimate of Dingell-Norwood’s (H.R.
2990) impact on premiums.
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