One In Five Students Lacks Health Insurance

About one U.S. college student in five lacks health insurance, leaving the federal government and states to pay for their care, a report to lawmakers found. Uninsured students who got sick didn't pay $120 million to $255 million in bills to hospital emergency rooms and doctors' offices in 2005, according to the report. Uninsured students were more likely part-time, older, or from families with lower incomes than those with coverage, according to the report. Uninsured students also were more likely to be Hispanic, black or Asian, mirroring the nation's uninsured population. Read more at:
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