How Many People in America are Uninsured?

The number of uninsured Americans is equivalent to all the people in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Arkansas, Hawaii, Alaska and more! And that number is always growing. There is a new, yet silent class-system in American--the insured and the uninsured.

Almost 40 million people in the United States were uninsured in 2000. In 2005 that number grew to over 46 million in 2005, according to the US Census Bureau.

Every year the number of employers who cease providing health insurance grows. Health insurance is a huge expense for corporations, and a growing challenge for American's small businesses, who employee more people than large corporations.

But the tens of millions of uninsured people does not include those with no prescription drug coverage, high deductibles, and low coverage. Even people who are on COBRA, which is not permanent insurance, are not included in the uninsured number.

So, the number is high, yes, but what's even more sad is that there are so many resources out there to help people get health care and they simply are unaware of them.