Number Of Uninsured Drops

The overall drop in the uninsured rate would translate to approximately 2 million to 3 million people gaining coverage.

Associated Press
By Associated Press

The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index found that the uninsured rate for U.S. adults dropped by 1.2 percentage points in January, to 16.1 percent. The biggest change was for unemployed people, a drop of 6.7 percentage points. That was followed by a 2.6 percentage-point decline for nonwhites. Traditionally both groups are far more likely to be

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Fewer Americans Trust The Media As Conglomerates Increasingly Dominate

Just six media conglomerates own a majority of the major newspapers published in the U.S.

Martin Michaels
By Martin Michaels

American confidence in newspaper and television media is near an all-time low, according to the latest national Gallup poll released earlier this month. The poll, which measured citizens’ trust in 16 societal institutions, found that just 23 percent of Americans trust newspapers and television news “a great deal” or “quite a lot.” The media is

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