OLYMPIA (AP) — The state will begin to reduce the number of people on its Basic Health Plan starting Friday, a money-saving move critics say couldn’t come at a worse time.

The plan, subsidized by taxpayers, covers 105,000 low-income people. The state Health Care Authority plans to lower that number by 7,700 over the next seven months.
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According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities the number of Americans in poverty climbed by 816,000 in 2007. The percentage of Americans without health coverage stood at 15.3 percent, 45.7 million.