Welcome  to  public  health  moment from  the  University  of  Minnesota. More  than  one  in  ten  healthcare  workers do  not  have  their  own  health  insurance. That's  according  to  research  from the  University  of  Minnesota's  School  of  Public  Health and  the  Minnesota  Population  Center. Lynn  Blewett,  a  university  health policy  professor,  explains,  overall, 11%  of  all  workers working  in  the  healthcare  industry  are  uninsured. Now,  this  is  a  working  age  population. It's  a  little  bit  lower  than the  National  uninsurance  Rate  of 16%  but  these  are  people  working  directly with  people  who  are  ill and  living  in  hospitals  and  residential  care  facilities. Bluett  adds,  however,  that  health  care  workers  at nursing  facilities,  assisted  living  facilities, and  facilities  for  those  with mental  health  disabilities  have even  higher  rates  of  uninsurance  at 22  to  23%  The  highest  rates  of uninsured  are  for  those  workers working  directly,  hands  on. They're  likely  to  be  the poorest  paid  in  the  healthcare  industry. They're  likely  to  be  part  time  workers. So  those  are  people  taking  care  of  the  elderly, living  in  long  term  care  facilities, taking  care  of  those  with  mental  retardation. So  it  really  is  the  lowest  paid, that  are  working  with  the  most  vulnerable. And  we  should  all  be  concerned  that  they  have significantly  high  rates  of coverage  for  John  Finnegan  and  public  health  moment, I'm  Mark  Ga  Breton.