1.   Also, four out of five uninsured adults earn too much money to qualify for Medicaid but too little to afford COBRA premiums, the partnership says.

2.   And their uninsured parents make up a fifth of the uninsured adults.

3.   One would help community clinics and hospitals collaborate on caring for uninsured adults.

4.   Some are uninsured young adults in robust health who pay the low fees for a flu shot or for dental work.

5.   The vast majority of uninsured adults in poor health had difficulty getting care.

6.   Three in four uninsured adults belong to working families, according to a separate study by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Commonwealth Fund, both research groups.

7.   Many states focused first on dealing with uninsured low-income children and now are shifting attention to uninsured adults, he said.