Monday, September 04, 2006
U.S. Census figures explained the average percentage of New Mexicans without health insurance over the past three years has remained comparatively unchanged, but state officials say the figures don't take into account their efforts to address the problem.
About 402,000 New Mexicans - or 21.1 percent - were without insurance at any given time amid 2003 and 2005, according to the Census Bureau. Neighboring Texas had the maximum three-year average at 24.6 percent, and the uninsured rate for the nation was 15.7 percent.
"Today's report shows that countrywide people are losing coverage, while New Mexico as a whole is not losing ground and with new initiatives more New Mexicans would get health care coverage," state Human Services Secretary Pamela Hyde said.
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