More uninsured, fewer excuses. Policy analysts and politicians predict the fallout from recent Census Bureau figures showing a 4.9% increase in uninsured.
With the latest round of Census Bureau data pegging the number of uninsured in the U.S. at 47 million and rising-including 8.7 million children--experts are weighing what the results will mean for the 2008 election. "I think the take-away message is that neither side should be closer to walking away from the debate after looking at these numbers," says James Tallon Jr., right.
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