Missouri Uninsured on the rise....

The Uninsured in Missouri is now on the rise.  Here is a leading article in the News Leader in Springfield...

St. Louis — The number of Missourians without health insurance jumped at three times the national rate in 2006, census figures show.

  In data released Tuesday, the U.S. Census Bureau reported the number of Missouri's uninsured grew by an estimated 104,000 people between 2005 and 2006 — a spike of nearly 16 percent — reaching a total of 772,000.

But the dramatic decline in health coverage over a single year surprised even experts who track the issue closely.

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