Excerpt: Some analysts have argued that [the increase in the uninsured] is driven by the fact that there are more immigrants living in the United States, and that immigrants are less likely than native-born people to have health insurance. While both of these facts are true (the share of the foreign-born population increased 1.2 percentage points from 2000 to 2006, and the share of immigrants without health insurance was 20 percentage points higher over this period than that of native-born people), these facts are not driving the overall decline in coverage.  MORE >>