1.7 Million Vets Lacking Health Coverage, Access?
Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › October 20, 2004
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WASHINGTON -- Nearly 1.7 million military veterans have no health insurance or access to government hospitals and clinics for veterans, according to a report Tuesday from a doctors' group that favors federally financed health care. The Bush administration disputed the numbers.
The number of uninsured veterans jumped by 235,000 since 2000, meaning they are losing health insurance at a faster rate than the general population, said Physicians for a National Health Program, which advocates a universal national health insurance program. About 45 million Americans have no health insurance, including 5 million who lost coverage during the past four years, according to the Census Bureau.See the full content of this document
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1.7 Million Vets Lacking Health Coverage, Access?
The report traced some of the increase to the Bush administration's decision last year ...
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