January 25, 2012—The proportion of American adults lacking health insurance coverage climbed to 17.1 percent last year, the highest level since the Gallup Organization and the disease-management company Healthways began tracking the indicator five years ago, the companies reported yesterday.
The new study, whose findings dovetail with those reported by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Commonwealth Fund last September, suggests that pressure is rising on 340B hospitals, health clinics and other safety-net providers to stretch their scarce financial resources even further.
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