The court’s ruling Friday comes on the heels ofa new study by the Kaiser Family Foundationthat found that as many as four million people would lose their coverage if similar rules were adopted nationwide. The majority of those people, Kaiser found, would be people whoareworking but who have...
JocelynGuyer CenterforChildrenandFamilies http://ccf.georgetown.edu Medicaid’sCoverageRoleToday Source:KaiserCommissiononMedicaidandtheUninsured/UrbanInstituteanalysisof2008ASECSupplementtotheCPS. Children=78.6million Employer- Sponsored Insurance 55% Uninsured 11% Medicaid/Other Public 29% Individual Coverage 4...
Over 50% of American adults reported going into debt because of medical (or dental) bills. 25% of those with medical debt owe more than $5,000 and about 20% don’t believe they will ever be able to pay off the debt. [169] People in medical debt cut spending on basics like food ...