Uninsured American Adults Hits Record High

There are more American adults without healthcare

insurance than ever before. Nearly 50 million U.S.

adults have been without health insurance for at

least part of the past year, according to a report

from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2008 there were 46 million adults with health insurance.

The study shows an increase in the number of uninsured middle-income individuals.

There's more bad news. The number of people who have gone without health insurance for a year or more spiked from 27.5 million in 2008 to 30.4 million in the first quarter of 2010.

The findings show that the uninsured problem is extending far beyond just those belong the poverty line.

Another scary statistic from the report --  more than two out of five individuals who are uninsured at some point during the past year had one or more chronic disease.

The study reveals that during the past 10 years the number of U.S. adults without health insurance for at least part of the year has risen an average of 1.1 million people a year, and about half of those uninsured are middle-income adults.