There have been debates over how many uninsured people can afford insurance but refuse to purchase it. Examining the difference in asset holdings between the privately insured and the uninsured, we found that the difference in purchasing power is not fully revealed by income comparisons. Median inco...
BACKGROUND\nThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) aimed to expand mental health service use in the US, by expanding access to health insurance. However, the gap in... LH Kim,D Hodgkin,M Larson,... - 《Journal of Mental Health Policy & Economics》 被引量: 0发表: 2023年 Healthcare costs and...
And nearly everyone agrees the government needs to intervene to address these disparities. Over half of all respondents regardless of income said it should be a governmental priority to address income inequality and make insurance accessible for everyone, although more low-income respondents (...
Other control variables include characteristic variables reflecting individual natural attributes (age, gender, residence), economic conditions (pension, insurance, early life stage, etc.), health habits (smoke or not, drink or not), and the like. Variables are defined as in Table 2. Table 2. ...
At the same time, the current measures, such as New Rural Cooperative Medical System (NCMS) and the major disease insurance scheme, are mainly focused on reducing the medical expenditure of farmers (the expenditure effect of health risk), which has limited impact on the income poverty of farme...
Insurance plans have deductibles and co-pays, but these out-of-pocket expenses are now capped by federal law. Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) are federal health insurance plans that extend coverage to older, disabled, and low-income people. ...
Using Current Population Survey (CPS) data from the period 2000-2008, we examine the effects of public and private health insurance premiums on the insurance status of lowincome childless adults, a population substantially affected by the ACA. Results show higher public premiums to be associated ...
Location:Where you live affects your premium—areas like New York or California with higher healthcare costs typically have more expensive insurance. Income:Your income impacts eligibility for subsidies on ACA Marketplace plans, with lower incomes qualifying for reduced premiums and out-of-pocket costs...
Income stable, poverty up, numbers of Americans with and without health insurance rise. InternationalJournalof Health Services, 35(1), 117-124.US Census Bureau. (2005). Income stable, poverty up, numbers of Americans with and without health insurance rise. International Journal of Health Services...
National health insurance programs provide governments with greater incentives and instruments for regulating the medical market than programs of government subsidies. Government decisions determine who is to be publicly insured—often defined by income or age limits, or by specifying occupational groups, ...