HEALTH CARE: THE NUMBER OF UNINSURED IN UTAH HAS GROWN UNDER DO NOTHING POST “Contract With America” REPUBLICANS

• In 2000, Utah had 271,000 adults without insurance (12.3 percent).3
• In 2005, Utah had 420,000 adults without insurance (16.6 percent).4
• Utah had 43,931 children benefit from the SCHIP program.5

3: US Census Bureau, Health Insurance Coverage: 2001.
[http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins/hlthin01/hi01tb2.html]
4: Bureau of Labor Statistics / Bureau of the Census Current Population Survey,
[http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032006/health/h06_000.htm]
5: Congressional Research Service, SCHIP: A Brief Overview. 9/21/06.