Submitted by Charles Savoie, Aug 30, 2007 04:21

"...Americans without health insurance, which stood at a record 47 million in 2006. That represents an increase of 2.2 million people from 2005, or 0.5%."

0.5% of what? 2.2 million is 4.9% of 44.8 million, which would be the number of uninsured in 2005 assuming your information is correct.

"The number of uninsured children increased by 700,000, or 0.8%."

Again, 0.8% of what? If 700,000 represents a 0.8% increase, the number of uninsured children would be 87.5 million -- which is nonsensical.

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