OLYMPIA, Wash.
The number of uninsured has grown at least 180,000 since 2008, and 31 of the 39 counties of the State is a complete list see the increase in the number of uninsured, according to a report released by the Kreidler's office.
Kreidler says that 14.5% of the country more than 6.7 million people without health insurance. The percentage that jumped 20 percent or higher in five Counties: Adams, Franklin, Grant, and Okanogan and Yakima.
Six County saw a decrease in the number of people insured: Clallam, Jefferson, Cowlitz, Wahkiakum, and Whatcom Whitman. A large number of retirees and college students in the province accounts for it due to retirees eligible for Medicare and students can now stay in their parents ' policy because of a change under the federal health care reform that has taken effect, his Office said.
The report found that about half of those without health insurance at work and are most likely to be the insurance people between the ages of 18 and 34. Nearly 30 percent of the people in my age group without health insurance, and they make up 47 percent of all State insurance, Kreidler said.