Reports on the findings of a survey by the Agency for Health Care Policy on the number of Americans with health insurance coverages current as of 1996. Number of uninsured Americans; Insurance coverage fo...
He analyzes the decision of the 11 million people to refuse health insurance from their employers. The author commends the U.S. Veterans Administration (VA) as a federal healthcare system and notes that it could care for the uninsured population.Sataloff...
The number of uninsured persons is predicted to reach 45.6 million by the year 20023 as traditional mechanisms to provide care to this population are eroding. The literature has consistently shown that the uninsured have worse health outcomes than the insured.4 As access to care becomes more ...
works to enhance the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care in the United States. The data in this AHRQ News and Numbers summary are taken from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, a highly detailed source of information on the health services used by Americans, the freq...
Of these, nearly 60,000 live in states not moving forward with the Medicaid expansion. States' decisions about whether or not to participate in the expansion are likely to have important consequences for the health of this population and the evolution of the HIV epidemic. 展开 ...
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(HealthDay)—As the final phase of the Affordable Care Act, sometimes called "Obamacare," begins, a new report shows that more than 45 million Americans still don't have health insurance. As troubling as that number may seem, it represents only 14.6 percent of the population and it is a...
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Sources of health insurance and characteristics of the uninsured: analysis of the March 2008 current population survey. Physician Utilization Disparities Between the Uninsured and Insured: Comparisons of the Chronically III, Acutely III, and Well Nonel... ...
those Americans who really need it to get the care that they deserve. In addition to providing insurance coverage to a wider population, it will demand that our healthcare system become more evidence-based, efficient, and cost-effective. As this legislation unfolds, there will be a need...