Health Care Costs Still Push Americans Into Poverty

The Census Bureau had plenty of good news on Tuesday, including a headline-making 5.2 percent increase in household income, a 1.2 percentage point decline in the number of people living in poverty and a 1.3 percent drop in the number of Americans without health insurance.

But one number buried in the Census Bureau report goes against the positive trend. It's the Supplemental Poverty Measure, and it shows that the steep costs of health care continue to push millions of Americans into poverty.