LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska's rate of uninsured people stayed relatively flat last year while those in neighboring states and the nation declined slightly.
New U.S. census data released Tuesday show that 13 percent of Nebraskans under age 65 were uninsured last year. The rate in 2012 was 12.9 percent.
David Drozd of the University of Nebraska at Omaha's Center for Public Affairs Research says Nebraska's rate may not have changed much because the state didn't shed as many jobs during the recession.
The uninsured rate in Iowa dipped from 9.8 percent in 2012 to 9.5 percent last year. In Kansas, the rate slipped from 14.4 percent to 14.2 percent.
Nationally, the uninsured rate dropped to 16.7 percent in 2013 from 16.9 percent the prior year.
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