The Online NewsHour: The Uninsured in America | PBS

With more than two million American workers laid off in the past three months, the numbers of those losing their health insurance and applying for Medicaid are also rising rapidly. Betty Ann Bowser talks with Connecticut residents struggling to stay insured and examines the new pressures on the Medicaid program.
...
These states have the lowest rate of uninsured: Minnesota (8.7%), Iowa (9.1%), and Hawaii (9.2%). Nationwide, 15.7 percent of residents were uninsured in 1995, the most recent year for which data is available. | Source: MSNBC.COM | @ltaLINK | @ltaSEARCH
...
Related: The Uninsured in Rural America (Update) - Kaiser Family Foundation
Also: Study: Patients with no insurance twice as likely to die within 5 years
...