Georgia health insurance numbers better, but still sickly

The bad: Georgia’s percentage of people without coverage last year was the fourth-highest in the nation, trailing only Texas, Alaska and Florida.

The Census Bureau released those numbers in a report Wednesday that’s considered the most consistent and complete picture of the nation’s health coverage.

But despite the overall decline in rates of uninsured people, some safety-net providers in Georgia said they have not seen a drop in demand for medical care from uninsured patients over the past two years.