Percentage uninsured here below state, U.S. ; But advocates say number is a concernHenry L. Davis
In 2022, some 20.7 percent of all uninsured children were from families with a household income below the Federal poverty level (FPL), while the uninsured rate within the same group was 6.6 percent, the second highest of all poverty levels.
Complicating the issues, particularly for multi-state employers, is the fact that some states, suchas Connecticut and Idaho, do levy a tax on uninsured employee health benefits, which istantamount to a premium tax although no premium is actually involved. How...
Medicaid is a means-tested entitlement program that finances the delivery of primary and acute medical services as well as long-term care. Medicaid is jointly funded by the federal government and the states. The federal government’s share of a state’s expenditures is called the federal medical...