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Health insurance coverage and the disability insurance application decision [PDF]

Journal of Public Economics, 2002
We investigate the effect of health insurance coverage on the decision of individuals to apply for Disability Insurance (DI). Those who qualify for DI receive public insurance under Medicare, but only after a two-year waiting period. This raises concerns that many disabled are going uninsured while they wait for their Medicare coverage.
Gruber, Jonathan, Kubik, Jeffrey D
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Health insurance coverage and marriage behavior: Is there evidence of marriage lock?

International Studies of Economics, 2023
Premiums and eligibility for health insurance may cause a “marriage lock,” in which couples stay married for the sake of maintaining health insurance coverage.
Tianxu Chen
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Infants without health insurance: Racial/ethnic and rural/urban disparities in infant households' insurance coverage.

PLoS ONE, 2020
In order to gain insights into how the effects of the uneven adoption of Medicaid expansion varies across the rural/urban spectrum and between racial/ethnic groups in the United States, this research used the fertility question in the 2011-2015 American ...
Scott R Sanders, Michael R Cope, Paige N Park, Wesley Jeffery, Jorden E Jackson   +4 more
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Examining the level and inequality in health insurance coverage in 36 sub-Saharan African countries

BMJ Global Health, 2021
Introduction Low/middle-income countries (LMICs) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are increasingly turning to public contributory health insurance as a mechanism for removing financial barriers to access and extending financial risk protection to the ...
Edwine Barasa, Nirmala Ravishankar, Peter Nguhiu, Jacob Kazungu   +3 more
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Identifying the determinants of health insurance coverage among Peruvian women of reproductive age: an assessment based on the national Peruvian demographic survey of 2017

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2020
Background Like many other Latin America- and Caribbean countries, Peru has introduced a tax-financed health insurance scheme called “Sistema Integral de Salud (SIS)” to foster progress towards Universal Health Coverage. The scheme explicitly targets the
Eduardo Ramos Rosas, Volker Winkler, Stephan Brenner, Manuela De Allegri   +3 more
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Socioeconomic and geographic variation in coverage of health insurance across India

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
IntroductionIn India, regular monitoring of health insurance at district levels (the most essential administrative unit) is important for its effective uptake to contain the high out of pocket health expenditures.
Mayanka Ambade, Sunil Rajpal, Sunil Rajpal, Rockli Kim, Rockli Kim, S. V. Subramanian, S. V. Subramanian   +6 more
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Insurance loss coverage and social welfare [PDF]

, 2018
Restrictions on insurance risk classification may induce adverse selection, which is usually perceived as a bad outcome, both for insurers and for society.
Macdonald, Angus S., Macdonald, Angus Smith; id_orcid, Thomas, R. Guy, Tapadar, Pradip, Hao, MingJie   +4 more
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National Disparities in Insurance Coverage of Comprehensive Craniomaxillofacial Trauma Care

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2020
Background:. Comprehensive craniomaxillofacial trauma care includes correcting functional deficits, addressing acquired deformities and appearance, and providing psychosocial support.
Vikas S. Kotha, MD, Brandon J. de Ruiter, MD, Marvin Nicoleau, BA, Edward H. Davidson, MD   +3 more
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Mixed effects analysis of factors associated with health insurance coverage among women in sub-Saharan Africa.

PLoS ONE, 2021
IntroductionIn the pursuit of achieving the Sustainable Development Goal targets of universal health coverage and reducing maternal mortality, many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have implemented health insurance policies over the last two decades ...
Hubert Amu, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Ebenezer Agbaglo, Robert Kokou Dowou, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Kwaku Kissah-Korsah   +6 more
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Insurance coverage for genomic tests [PDF]

Science, 2018
On 16 March, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that Medicare will cover Food and Drug Administration (FDA)–approved or cleared genomic tests that encompass broad gene panels for advanced cancer patients ([ 1 ][1]).
Phillips, Kathryn A, Trosman, Julia R, Deverka, Patricia A, Quinn, Bruce, Tunis, Sean, Neumann, Peter J, Chambers, James D, Garrison, Louis P, Douglas, Michael P, Weldon, Christine B   +9 more
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