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Survey: One-third of young adults uninsured in 2008

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A third of young U.S. adults — nearly 13 million people — had no health insurance coverage in 2008, according to a government report released on Wednesday.

The survey of more than 9,000 people aged 20 to 29 by the National Center for Health Statistics found that 30 percent of young adults had no coverage and were almost twice as likely as adults aged 30 to 64 to be uninsured.

Full story: A third of young adults uninsured in 2008–Reuters