More than 33 per cent of the U.S. population under the age of 65 was not having any health insurance plan during the last two years. Some were not having insurance for the complete period, while there were many without health insurance during some part of the year. The report was released by this Thursday by Families USA, a consumer group which works for uninsured individuals.

In many cases, the employer pays for the health insurance. However, in recent times, many companies are not offering this facility to cut employee costs.

Nearly 47 million US citizens were without health insurance during year 2006. As per the report, there were 89.6 million people in total who were not having health insurance during some part of the year. The report gives data for individuals under age of 65 only as after this age, all Americans are covered under State health insurance plan Medicare.

In his statement, Mr. Ron Pollack, E.D. Families USA said, "The huge number of people without health coverage over the past two years helps to explain why health care has become the top domestic issue in the 2008 presidential campaign."