As of 2006, there were 47 million uninsured Americans, which is 16% of the population.

Of those uninsured, 39.4 million were in metropolitan areas, 7.6 million in rural ones.

13.9 million of the uninsured had household incomes less than $25,000 annually: 15.3 million had incomes between $25,000 and $49,999.

In 2000, 64% of employers offered health benefits.  By 2006, 60% of employers offered them.

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