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Near Poor

A segment of the US population with only enough earnings for daily needs, who do not qualify for US federal assistance programs. The near poor seldom have medical insurance

near poor

Working poor Social medicine A segment of the US population with earnings only enough for daily needs, who are not qualified for US government assistance programs; NP seldom have medical insurance and when ill, are a major burden to the health care system. See Underinsured. Cf Engel's phenomenon, 'Fourth World.', Homelessness.

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No references found			Do you believe that if energy, transportation, agriculture, and waste infrastructure was sited near affluent people as easily as it is sited near poor people, it would look like it does today? Victory's missing ingredient by Carter, Majora / Sojourners Magazine 9780807041390 The missing class; portraits of the near poor in America. The missing class; portraits of the near poor in America by Reference & Research Book News Figure 1 Women at Greater Risk for Being Uninsured, 2004 Percent of women 18 to 64 years who are uninsured: Poor 41% Near Poor 31% Single Parent 25% <High School 36% 19 to 24 years 29% Latina 37% Na. Health care reform--a woman's issue by DeLorey, Catherine / Women's Health Activist			NCMHD NCN NCQA NCRR Nd Nd-YAG laser Nd:YAG NDA NDF NDHA NDI nDNA Ne ne(o)- ne- Neal-Robertson litter Neapolitan farcy near addition Near Drowning Near East fat-tailed Near Eastern encephalomyelitis Near Extremis near field near miss sudden infant death syndrome near point Near Poor Near-Death Experience Near-Drowning near-far-far-near suture pattern near-side nearest neighbor nearest neighbor analysis nearsighted nearsightedness nearthrosis neat neatsfoot oil Nebcin nebivolol Nebraska virus nebula nebulization nebulize nebulized lidocaine nebulizer NebuPent NEC Necator Necator americanus necatoriasis necessary			Near money Near money Near North District School Board Near North Health Service Corporation Near North Insurance Brokerage, Inc. Near North Montessori School Near North National Group Near North National Title LLC Near North Student Robotics Initiative Near North Trail Association Near Northwest Neighborhood Network Near Obstacle Detection System near one’s end Near online Near Out of Franchise Near Patient FNA Near Patient Testing Near Permanent Death Experience near point near point near point near point near point Near Point of Accommodation Near point of convergence near point stress near point stress near point stress Near Point Toys near pointer Near Poor Near Reactor Shield Near real time Near real time Near Real Time Display Near Real Time Monitoring Near Real Time Report Near Real Time Roaming Data Exchange Near real-time Near Real-Time Data Near Real-Time Data Recovery System Near Real-Time Exploitation Module Near Real-Time Module Near Real-Time Reconnaissance Near Redundant Array of Inexpensive/Independent Disk near relation Near Resonance Rayleigh Scattering near rhyme Near rhymes Near rhyming Near ring Near Shannon Limit Near Shannon Limit Error Correcting Code Near Side Near Side Front near sight near sight near sight near sight

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