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ATLANTA (AP) - The percentage of Americans with private health insurance has hit its lowest mark in 50 years, according to two new government reports.
About 65 percent of non-elderly Americans had private insurance in 2008, down from 67 percent the year before, according to preliminary data released Wednesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"It's bad news," said Kenneth Thorpe, a health policy researcher at Emory University.
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