July 4, 2007 (LPAC)--Figures released by the Centers for Disease Control show that the number of non-elderly adults in the U.S. population who do not have health insurance, is rising. Elderly Americans have health care provided under Medicare--a program that has been under attack by the White House.

The CDC survey--called the 2006 National Health Survey-- found that the number of uninsured adults between the ages of 18 to 64 increased from 34.5 million in 2005 to 35.6 million an increase of 2.1 million in one year. The percentage increase of the non-elderly adults from 18.9 % in 2005 to 19.8% in 2006 was conceded by the CDC to be "statistically significant". Both the number and percentage of children under 18 without any health insurance is also increasing, from 6.5 million or 8.9% in 2005 to 6.8 million or 9.3% in 2006.