Slump May Have Swollen Ranks of U.S. Uninsured to 50 Million : The number of people in the U.S. lacking health insurance may have grown as much as 9 percent to 50 million people last year, adding fuel to President Barack Obama’s push for overhauling the system.
More than 1 in 4 in Texas lack health insurance: That's up from 24.1 percent for 2005 and 2006.