Here are the Facts

 45,000,000  The number of uninsured in America in 2003.
 8.5 million  The number of children in America who have no health care.
 1 minute  The amount of time it takes for nearly 5 people lose their health insurance in the U.S.
(Source:  U.S. Census Bureau)

How large is 45 million?
45 million uninsured Americans is more than...
 All Americans age 65 and older (35.9 million)
 All African Americans (37.1 million)
 All Hispanic or Latino Americans (39.9 million)

45 million uninsured Americans is...
 Nearly five times more than the number of Americans living with cancer (9.2 million in 2001)
 2.5 times higher than the number of Americans with diabetes (18.2 million in 2002)
 7 million more people than those living with HIV throughout the world (38 million)

There are...
 Nearly 150 uninsured Americans for each physician in America
 Nearly 7,500 uninsured Americans for each hospital in America
 Over 84,000 uninsured Americans for each Member of Congress

45 million uninsured Americans is about the same number of Americans living in...
 West coast states (45.2 million in California, Oregon and Washington)
 Middle America (44.7 million in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee and Wyoming)
 Northeastern states (42.0 million in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont)
(Source:  Center for American Progress)

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