INDIANAPOLIS – Almost four months after the start of a new state program providing health insurance for the working poor, nearly 6,000 Hoosiers are enrolled and receiving benefits, prompting appreciative letters to pour into state offices.

People without health insurance risk potential financial disaster if they should need expensive medical care, but a growing number of underinsured Americans also find themselves on shaky financial ground.

Americans without health insurance will spend $30 billion out of pocket on medical care this year, according to a new report by George Mason University and the Urban Institute.

Shares of health care equipment and supply companies were mixed late Monday, in line with the broader market as investors digested disappointing first-quarter results from Bank of America and a jump in profit at Merck.

Lance Armstrong's commercial health and wellness effort is seeing the light of the day, today: LiveStrong.com is being launched today in conjunction with Demand Media, which is providing the technology and operational support for the site. As part of the