1) According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are nearly 50 million uninsured people living in the United States.
2) 54.2 percent of uninsured people in the U.S. in 2009 were males.
3) The largest group of uninsured people surveyed was the 45-64 year old age group, accounting for 25.3 percent of the sample size.
4) Of Americans who make $8.10 to $10.63 per hour, only 22 percent of them are covered by health insurance through their employers. For those making $10.63 to $15.70 per hour, this figure jumps to 52 percent.
5) The average PPO (Preferred Provider Organization) plans require a standard $10 to $20 co-payment for visits to the doctor, but you must see a doctor within your PPO's network.
6) HMOs (Health Maintenance Organizations) are considered the least flexible of health insurance policies but provide the most emphasis on preventative visits to the doctor. If you wish to see a specialist, you'll be required to obtain the approval of your primary care physician. You will have to pay extra if you see a specialist outside of your network.
7) People who have HMOs typically pay a $15 to $20 co-pay for every doctor's visit as long as it's within their network.
8) If your doctor, who is part of your HMO plan, suddenly drops out of your network of providers, you will either have to find a new physician that is part of the plan or pay a higher cost for using the same physician.
9) In 2005, more than 50 percent of people surveyed who didn't have health insurance say the reason they didn't have it was because of cost. 24 percent of people surveyed said they didn't have health insurance because they had lost their jobs.
10) In 2006, Medicaid accounted for 12.9 percent of health care coverage in the U.S.
11) Approximately half of bankruptcy filings in the U.S. are due to medical expenses
12) More than 40 million people state that they needed to see a doctor for a particular health ailment or illness but didn't receive medical care because of the expense.
13) Nearly 60 percent of Americans have health insurance of some kind provided through an employer.
14) Medicare, a federally-funded health insurance program designed specifically for people 65 and older, accounted for 13.6 percent of health care coverage in 2006, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
15) In 2005, the United States' medical care expenditures totaled $2 trillion.
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