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 insura
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 2350d food 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 15.7% in 2011. and for the first time in a decade, th
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, likefood 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
while ago who said he got a call from the president today, hearing out mike lee s concerns, saying that he hopes that they re going to be able to address them. unclear if that s possible. president working the phones. dana bash, thank you very much. tom foreman joins us now. what do we know, tom? anderson, the headline that has the democrats howling and republicans hesitating is this one from the cbo, the notion that simply by slashing the individual mandate, you re going to start a soaring in the number of unemployed people out there. next year alone, they say this alone will put 15 million more people on the uninsured rates. and it will go up from there. let s put this in context a little bit. back when barack obama and the democrats passed obamacare, about 18.2% of the population was uninsured. that is now down to about 10%. if you want raw numbers, we had about 48 million people