Staying in the Game Health System Change Challenges Care For the Poor

TABLE 1
Metropolitan Areas Studied with Rates of Uninsurance and Poverty

 

 Uninsured Below Federal
Poverty Level

Miami, Florida

 23 %* 22 %*.
Phoenix, Arizona 18 %*

17 %

Little Rock, Arkansas

17 %

19%

Orange County, California

16 %

14 %

Cleveland, Ohio

12 %*

14 %

Greenville, South Carolina

11 %*

16 %

Newark, New Jersey

11%*

11%*

Indianapolis, Indiana

11 %*

11 %*

Boston, Massachusetts)

10 %*

12%*

Syracuse, New York

10 %*

17 %

Lansing, Michigan

9 %*

11 %*

Seattle, Washington

9 %*

8 %*

Metropolitan areas over 200,000 pop.

14 %

16 %

Sources: Community Tracking Study Household Survey, Center for Studying health system changes
*Site is significantly different from the mean for metropolitan areas.

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