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Health experts say insurance the wrong focus   With national heath-care reform high on the list of priorities for Democrats this election year, several leading health experts suggested Monday that insurance should not be the No. 1 priority.

Health insurance coverage in U.S. rises  The Census Bureau says a drop in the number of uninsured in 2007 is due to expanded coverage for children. The number of people without health insurance fell in 2007 for the first time since President Bush took office in large part due to expanded government coverage for children, the U.S. Census Bureau said Tuesday.

Census: Fewer Americans Lack Health Insurance  The total number of Americans who don't have health insurance has dropped slightly for the first time in seven years, the U.S. Census Bureau has said. Those figures can be attributed, in part, to an expansion of federally subsidized insurance for children.

Economic Report: Fewer go without health insurance as incomes gain, data show  Even as the number of Americans living in poverty rose last year, fewer Americans overall went without health insurance and there was an increase in the median household income adjusted for inflation, the Census Bureau reports.

Number of Americans without health insurance drops, poverty rate holds steady  WASHINGTON _ The number of people without health insurance fell by more than 1 million in 2007, the first annual decline since the Bush administration took office, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday. Incomes edged up for the middle class while poverty held steady.

Changes to California health insurance programs might result in loss of coverage for thousands of children  Efforts by California to expand health insurance to all children have "stalled," and "thousands of kids are in danger of losing insurance" as a result of recent changes to state programs, the Los Angeles Times reports.

17.3% in Oregon lack health insurance  New U.S. Census figures show an estimated 621,000 Oregonians, 17.3 percent of the population, without health insurance in 2006 and 2007, up from 15.9 percent from 2004-2005 based on two-year...

Census: More Nebraskans Lack Health Insurance  Newly released census estimates say nearly 13 percent of Nebraskans have no health insurance coverage.

Study: 17% of Nevadans have no health insurance  RENO, Nev. - A new study shows 17% of Nevadans have no health insurance. That's a total of about 441,000 people. The report by the U.S. Census Bureau says about 45 million Americans, or about 15%, have no health insurance.

Income and health insurance data included in annual economic snapshot due out Tuesday  WASHINGTON - The Census Bureau on Tuesday reports new numbers on poverty, income and health insurance — an annual snapshot of the economic well-being of American households.

Census: More Nebraskans without health insurance  Newly released census estimates say nearly 13 percent of Nebraskans have no health insurance coverage. The state’s two-year average uninsured rate for 2006-2007 is up 2.3 percentage points, to 12.8 percent, from the average rate of 2004-2005, 10.5 percent.

Number of Ore. residents with no health insurance spikes  An estimated 621,000 Oregonians, or 17.3 percent of the population, were without health insurance in 2006 and 2007. The national average is 15.4 percent. The report also shows a poverty rate of 12.9 percent.

Health insurance causes flap on Cowan school board  COWAN -- New Cowan Community School Board member Steve Westfall has lost his campaign to end taxpayer-funded health insurance for school board members.

RI gov, union back in court over health insurance   Lawyers for Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri and the state's largest employees union are heading back to court in a health insurance dispute.

County changes insurance plan  Lamar County Commissioners changed the direction of health insurance for county employees Monday, selecting United Health Care to be the county’s new provider.

Ex-cop in alleged shooting arrested again  Detectives on Tuesday arrested a former Tempe policeman who opened fire in a Scottsdale hospital as he walked out of a mental-health facility.