This law will surely add to the country's uninsured population.

Of the city's uninsured population, 71 percent seek care in its public hospitals.

The plan would not have reached everyone - perhaps leaving 5 percent or more of the population uninsured.

New York's uninsured population is already higher than the national average, and employees who are priced out of the market may add to the numbers.

States look at the total uninsured population and develop a separate solution for each segment.

A commission would first recommend to Congress legislative steps to "cover the remaining uninsured population."

Of the city's uninsured population, 71 percent seek care through his hospitals and clinics.

The most difficult projections occur when new benefits are provided to a previously uninsured population, as we would encounter under a national health plan.

The state says the uninsured population has dropped in five years to 11 percent from 15 percent.

"The next administration will have to be thinking about making a major dent in this uninsured population."