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759,000 children with asthma endure gaps in insurance every year
01-16-2008 · EurekAlert!Every year, 759,000 children with asthma may be at risk of a major asthma attack while they have no health insurance. About 30 percent of those families earn more than 200 percent of the federal poverty level, putting them above the threshold for the state children's health insurance program in most states.
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