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Uninsured Moderate-Income Children: The Impact of Parent Employment on Access to Employer CoverageAs policy makers continue to debate how to decrease the number of uninsured children, the question of how to best reach uninsured children from 200-299% of the federal poverty level is becoming increasingly important. A new brief focuses on moderate-income families and examines how family income and the types of jobs that parents have differs depending on whether the child is uninsured or privately insured.
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Trends in Access to Care Among Working-Age Adults, 1997-2006This policy brief finds about 39 million working-age adults nationally reported cost as a barrier to receiving needed health care in 2006, a number that grew by an average of 1 million people annually over the decade studied. Uninsured working-aged adults experienced the most consistent erosion over the 10 years, resulting in a widening gap in access to care between insured and uninsured adults.
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| | Health Coverage & the Uninsured: Access to Care Health insurance affects access to health care as well as the financial well-being of families. Nearly half (47%) of nonelderly uninsured adults have no regular source of health care, and coupled with a fear of high medical bills, many delay or forgo needed care. In 2002, over 40% of uninsured adults postponed seeking medical care, and 28% say they needed but did not get medical care in the past year. |
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