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700,OOO NEW YORKERS WITH JOBS DO NOT HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE
Young Adults, Men and Hispanics Top of List Uninsured
Having a job is not necessarily a passport to health insurance in New York City. One million New Yorkers – some 17% of the adult population – lacked coverage in 2005, according to a new Health Department report, 700,000 of them were employed.
The report suggests that the lack of coverage is especially severe among young adults, More than one quarter (27%) of 18- to 24-year-old lack health insurance, compared to 19% of adults ages 25 and older. One in four Hispanics lacks insurance, as do one in five Asians, one in six blacks, and one in 10 whites.
One in five men lacks health insurance, compared to one in eight women.
To read the Press Lelease:http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/home/home.shtml
then on the left click Press Releases. Then from the list look for release dated August 22, 2007 with the above reference 700,000 etc.
To read the full report dated May 2007: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/hca/hca-nyc-adults.pdf
Unbelievable! What do you think?
