15 Although uninsured patients form 16% of the people who are eligible for bariatric surgery, they account for only 0.3% of surgery recipients.15 Besides a lack of health insurance, underuse of bariatric surgery has been associated with referral hesitation among primary care clinicians, patient ...
coverage of benefits varies from state to state. Among the five states initially declared to have public health emergencies due to Hurricane Katrina (Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas), certain optional services(4)are covered in all...
Reaching Low-Income, Uninsured Children: Are Medicaid and SCHIP Doing the Job? Summary Congress has shown an on-going commitment to improving children’s access to health care as demonstrated through eligibility expansions of the Medicaid program since the 1980s, and the introduction of the State ...