Definition of UNINSURED

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But the White House never produced a proposal, and legislation from congressional Republicans would have left millions uninsured, while undermining protections for people with pre-existing health problems. — BostonGlobe.com, "Trump administration takes another swipe at ‘Obamacare’," 8 July 2018 While there is some debate, the percentage of people who are uninsured appears not to have grown since Mr. Trump took office: it’s been about 9 percent since 2015. — Reed Abelson, New York Times, "Obamacare Is Proving Hard to Kill," 3 July 2018 Immunizations will be provided to school-age children for $21.90 each for uninsured or underinsured youngsters. — David Ibata, ajc, "Cherokee sets ‘Back to School’ health clinics," 2 July 2018 Since the mandate to buy insurance has dozens of loopholes and has been enforced weakly, millions of healthy people choose to remain uninsured. — John C. Goodman, WSJ, "ObamaCare Can Be Worse Than Medicaid," 26 June 2018 Millions who were previously uninsured could now get coverage, but many of them took on deductibles of $1,000 or higher. — John Tozzi, Bloomberg.com, "Sky-High Deductibles Broke the U.S. Health Insurance System," 26 June 2018 Millions who were previously uninsured could now get coverage, but many of them took on deductibles of $1,000 or higher. — John Tozzi And Zachary Tracer, latimes.com, "How sky-high deductibles broke the U.S. health insurance system," 26 June 2018 Another 13 Americans would survive who are otherwise killed each day by uninsured drunk driving illegals. — Philip Bump, chicagotribune.com, "Source for Trump's specious claim of 63,000 immigrant murders? A congressman's blog," 23 June 2018 Acosta cited a Congressional Budget Office report that predicted these plans would enroll 4 million people over the coming years, including 400,000 people who were previously uninsured. — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, "Trump rolls out rule for cheaper small business insurance with fewer benefits," 19 June 2018

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