bureau finds that the poverty rate remained unchanged at 15% in 2011. that's better than going up. that means 46.2 million americans are living at or below the federal poverty line. but, and this is important to remember, that's before you take into account all the anti-poverty programs, like 235food stamps and the earned income tax credit we have going. when you bring those into the calculation, the number is probably lower than many millions of people. well, the poverty levels held, the census did find a rise in income inequality. the income of the highest quintile of earners was 1.6%, while the middle fell. so the rich are getting richer and the rest of the country is not. but we do have some genuine good news here tonight. the number of uninsured americans, which usually goes up in bad economies, is dropping. about 1.4 million more americans have health insurance than had it one year ago. after three years of rising uninsured rates,ing the percentage of people without health insurance coverage dropped from 16.3% in 2010 to