Key Findings. (1) A larger proportion of the rural population than the urban population is uninsured and low income (living at or below 138% of the federal poverty line [FPL]) (9.9% as compared to 8.5%) and a larger proportion of the rural population than the urban population will be eligible for subsidized Health Insurance Marketplace (HIM) coverage due to income levels and current lack of ins...

The number of uninsured people in the United States has declined by an estimated 20 million since the Affordable Care Act went into effect in 2010. Yet, an estimated 24 million people still lack health insurance. Goal: To examine the characteristics of the remaining uninsured adults and their reasons for not enrolling in marketplace plans or Medicaid. Methods: Analysis of the Commonwealth Fund ...

BACKGROUND Medical, ethical and financial dilemmas may arise in treating undocumented-uninsured patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Hereby we describe the 10-year experience of treating undocumented-uninsured ESRD patients in a large public dialysis-unit. METHODS We evaluated the medical files of all the chronic dialysis patients treated at the Tel-Aviv Medical Center between the ye...

OBJECTIVE To quantify the relationship between utilization of care among the uninsured and the structure of the local health care market and safety net. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING Nationally representative data from the 1996 to 2000 waves of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) linked to data from multiple secondary sources. STUDY DESIGN We separately analyze outpatient care utilizat...

OBJECTIVE Previous authors have answered "how many children in immigrant families are uninsured"; we do not know the inverse: "how many uninsured children live in immigrant families." This paper will show the total contribution of having an immigrant parent to the uninsured rate for children in the United States. DATA SOURCE Secondary data from the 2008-2010 American Community Survey. STUDY...