CDC: Private health care coverage at 50-year-low (AP)

Published on Yahoo! Health: Health Insurance News • 7/1/09 2:45PM
AP - The percentage of Americans with private health insurance has hit its lowest mark in 50 years, according to two new government reports. About 65 percent of non-elderly Americans had private insurance in 2008, down from 67 percent the year before, according to preliminary data released Wednesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.