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New Census Report Shows America More Impoverished

   September 16, 2010

Today the U.S. Department of Commerce released a report on Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States for 2009. Its findings showed:

•           The median household income in 2009 was not statistically different from the 2008 median in real terms.

•           The poverty rate  increased between 2008 and 2009.

•           The uninsured rate  and number of people without health insurance increased between 2008 and 2009.

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