In 1999, 12.5 percent of all children 18 and under — 9.6 million children—lacked health insurance at the time of the survey; this was not a statistically significant change from the 1997 rate. Uninsurance rates for low-income children held steady, but higher-income children experienced a statistically significant increase in uninsurance that was driven by declines in employer-sponsored insurance coverage. Low-income children in Alabama, Colorado, and Massachusetts experienced the greatest reductions in their uninsurance rates. In Massachusetts, this was due primarily to gains in Medicaid/SCHIP/State coverage; in Colorado, it was due to gains in employer-sponsored insurance and other coverage; and in Alabama, it was due to a combination of...
This paper presents the first national estimates of the effects of the SCHIP expansions on insurance...
Much of the literature on disparities in access to health care among children has focused on measuri...
Key Findings: Prior to CHIP, low-income rural and urban children had comparable rates of public cove...
t In 1999, 12.5 percent of all children 18 and under — 9.6 million children—lacked health insurance ...
Using data from the American Community Survey, this brief examines the rates of health insurance cov...
In 1999, 16 percent of all adults—26.5 million people—lacked health insurance at the time of the sur...
Recognizing that adequate health care is key to childhood development and long-term health, policy m...
Health insurance remains one of the most important factors in predicting access to health care. Prov...
This brief uses data from the American Community Survey to estimate children’s health insurance cove...
Provides data tables, graphs, and maps showing state-by-state comparisons in rates of children's uni...
This paper uses data from the National Survey of America's Families (1997–2002) to explore the links...
Using data from the 2008 through 2011 American Community Survey, this brief describes rates of child...
In this brief, author Michael Staley examines rates of children’s health insurance across the United...
In the late 1980s, a series of federal laws were enacted which expanded Medicaid eligibility to more...
Much of the literature on disparities in access to health care among children has focused on measuri...
This paper presents the first national estimates of the effects of the SCHIP expansions on insurance...
Much of the literature on disparities in access to health care among children has focused on measuri...
Key Findings: Prior to CHIP, low-income rural and urban children had comparable rates of public cove...
t In 1999, 12.5 percent of all children 18 and under — 9.6 million children—lacked health insurance ...
Using data from the American Community Survey, this brief examines the rates of health insurance cov...
In 1999, 16 percent of all adults—26.5 million people—lacked health insurance at the time of the sur...
Recognizing that adequate health care is key to childhood development and long-term health, policy m...
Health insurance remains one of the most important factors in predicting access to health care. Prov...
This brief uses data from the American Community Survey to estimate children’s health insurance cove...
Provides data tables, graphs, and maps showing state-by-state comparisons in rates of children's uni...
This paper uses data from the National Survey of America's Families (1997–2002) to explore the links...
Using data from the 2008 through 2011 American Community Survey, this brief describes rates of child...
In this brief, author Michael Staley examines rates of children’s health insurance across the United...
In the late 1980s, a series of federal laws were enacted which expanded Medicaid eligibility to more...
Much of the literature on disparities in access to health care among children has focused on measuri...
This paper presents the first national estimates of the effects of the SCHIP expansions on insurance...
Much of the literature on disparities in access to health care among children has focused on measuri...
Key Findings: Prior to CHIP, low-income rural and urban children had comparable rates of public cove...