In 2008, over 46 million Americans were uninsured.

According to US Census estimates, 46.3 million Americans were uninsured in 2008, or over 15% of the US population. [i]



[i] U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY: ANNUAL SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SUPPLEMENT (2008), available at http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins/data/incpovhlth/2008/p60no236_table7.pdf (last accessed June 2010).