Health Equity

First-quarter reports from many U.S. hospital chains show that amount of uninsured patients that hospitals are seeing remains stable to declining, according to a report in The Tennessean.

Here is a list of the 10 states with the highest percent change in the rate of uninsured children (0-18 years-old) in 2006-2007 compared to the average in 1994/95/96:

Here is a list of the top 12 states with the highest percent of uninsured children (0-18 years-old) from 2006-2007:

Here is a list of the top 10 states with the highest percentages of uninsured adult women (19-64 years-old) from 2006-2007.

Here is a list of the top 10 states with the highest percent change in rate of uninsured adult women (19-64 years-old) in 2006-2007 compared to the average in 1994-1995.

A recent survey found that nearly twice as many U.S. adults are concerned about the rising cost of healthcare than are concerned with unemployment, according to a Catholic Healthcare West news release.

Here is a list of the top 10 states with the highest percent change in rate of uninsured adult men (19-64 years-old) in 2006-2007 compared to the average in 1994-1995.

Here is a list of the top 10 states with the highest percentages of uninsured adult men (19-64 years-old) from 2006-2007.

A report by the Kaiser Family Foundation's Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured has found that community health centers in Massachusetts saw a significant increase in patient volume from 2005 to 2007, as that state began implementing its health reform…

More than half (53 percent) of Americans skipped medical care in the past year due to cost, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation's first healthcare tracking poll of 2009.