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Report: 1 in 10 Wisconsinites without health insurance last year

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By Danielle Lama - email

MADISON (WKOW) -- A new report shows one in ten people in Wisconsin didn't have health insurance last year.

Data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows just under ten percent of state residents were uninsured. That's below the national rate of about 15 percent.

A spokesman for the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families credits the Badgercare Program for keeping many low-income families covered.

The new data also shows Wisconsin's poverty rate was more than 11.5 percent last year.

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