Oregon Is Only State with Improved Health Coverage, but Poverty Rises and Income Flatlines

(SILVERTON, OR) - OCPP has prepared a two-page fact sheet (PDF) summarizing key Oregon numbers contained in today's release of the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey (CPS).

The survey data for 2010-11 showed that Oregon experienced a rise in poverty, a rise in child poverty and stagnation of income for the typical Oregon household. But Oregon also was the only state to experience a statistically significant reduction in the share of people without health insurance.

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Anonymous September 13, 2012 12:56 pm (Pacific time)

Welcome to a state that has had democrats running the legislative process. That coupled with Obama's policies constructed by the same zionists at the OCPP says it all for even the below average thinker. Change is coming, and many will flee North America, but you cannot hide.

Editor: Neither can you.

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