USATODAY.com - Ranks of poverty, uninsured rose in 2003

"The number of Americans living in poverty increased by 1.3 million last year, while the ranks of the uninsured swelled by 1.4 million, the Census Bureau reported Thursday.
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Approximately 35.8 million people lived below the poverty line in 2003, or about 12.5% of the population, according to the bureau. That was up from 34.5 million, or 12.1% in 2002.
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The rise was more dramatic for children. There were 12.9 million living in poverty last year, or 17.6% of the under-18 population. That was an increase of about 800,000 from 2002, when 16.7% of all children were in poverty. "

This is very bad news and precisely the charge of Kerry's campaign's "two Americas".