How You Can Save Up to 50% On Your Health Insurance Coverage
As you already know health insurance coverage costs are at the highest they have ever been and there is no sign of them slowing down. More and more Americans are forced to cancel their health insurance coverage simply just because they cannot afford it.
Who Are The Uninsured?
• Approximately 46 million Americans, or 15.7 percent of the population, were without health insurance coverage in 2004 (the latest government data available).
• The number of uninsured rose 800,000 between 2003 and 2004 and has increased by 6 million since 2000.
• The increase in the number of uninsured in 2004 was focused among working age adults. The percentage of working adults (18 to 64) who had no health coverage climbed from 18.6 percent in 2003 to 19.0 percent in 2004. An increase of over 750,000 in 2004.
• Nearly 82 million people - about one-third of the population below the age of 65 spent a portion of either 2002 or 2003 without health coverage.
• The number of uninsured children in 2004 was 8.3 million - or 11.2 percent of all children in the U.S. (1).
What Is A Health Savings Account & How Will It Benefit Me and My Family?
Provided by Dennis Alexander
