One-third of Native Americans lack health insurance

[Thunderwolf, MSN, RN]

Nearly one-third of all Native Americans lack health insurance, the U.S. Census Bureau reported on Tuesday. According to the data, 32.1 percent of American Indians and Alaska Natives went without health coverage from 2005-2007. That's more than twice the national average of 15.4 percent. The rate is even higher than the three-year averages reported by the Census Bureau in 2005 and 2006. But it's about the same as the one reported last year. Translated into numbers, about 809,000 Native Americans lacked health insurance from 2005-2007, the Census Bureau said. That's higher than the 748,000 from last year's report.

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