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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The Utah Department of Health says the percentage of uninsured Utahns changed little from 2007 to 2008.
The Utah Healthcare Access Survey, released as part of Cover the Uninsured Week, shows 10.7 percent of Utahns were uninsured in 2008, up slightly from 10.6 percent in 2007.
About 298,200 Utahns lacked heath care coverage during 2008, up 11,000 from the 2007 figure.
In 2006, 11.9 percent of Utahns, or 306,000 people, were uninsured.
The Children's Health Insurance Program was kept open for enrollment throughout 2008, helping to increase the number of children receiving coverage through the program from 25,000 in July 2007 to more than 37,000 at the end of last year.
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