I guess what happened last year was kind of similar to what happened in the early 1990s where you had a recession that was officially over and then you had several years after that of rising poverty.

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For children, uninsured rates appear to be declining over time.

This is the second consecutive year that households did not experience an annual change in real median income.

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The threat of an avian flu pandemic is already very real for companies with employees in Asia, but European employers need to be prepared too.

What's happening ... is kind of similar to what happened in the early 1990s where you have a recession officially over and then several more years after that a rise in poverty.

This stabilization in overall coverage rate can be explained by increases in government coverage that offset the decline in employer-based coverage.

Overall, the story is that uninsured rates are relatively stable.

Hispanics had the highest rate of any people without health insurance. Children in poverty had a higher uninsured rate than any other children.