COVID-19 will strain US health provision and budgets

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Affordable Care Act ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Healthcare Reform ◽  
Public Health Insurance ◽  
Medicaid Expansion ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Low Income Families

Significance High and rising case numbers have strained public and private health systems. Medicaid, which caters to low-income families and will experience surging demand as job losses rise, is in particular distress, mainly because states co-fund and administer it. The strains are propelling healthcare reform as an electoral issue. Impacts Biden is unlikely to endorse ‘Medicare for all’ but will push his public health insurance option. The Republicans will struggle to elucidate a clear alternative to the Affordable Care Act before November. COVID-19 will fuel calls for Medicaid expansion, including in smaller conservative states.

Voluntary Public Health Insurance for Low-Income Families: The Decision to Enroll

1995 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 955-972 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn W. Madden ◽  
Allen Cheadle ◽  
Paula Diehr ◽  
Diane P. Martin ◽  
Donald L. Patrick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Public Health Insurance ◽  
Low Income Families

Biden likely to achieve some health reform goals

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Health Reform ◽  
Healthcare Reform ◽  
Tax Credits ◽  
Public Health Insurance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Community Health Centres ◽  
Private Healthcare ◽  
Health Centres

Significance A congressional battle looms over Biden’s healthcare reform plans: elements are opposed by Republicans and progressive Democrats. Biden proposes to offer federally provided health insurance to all US citizens. Impacts Biden will use subsequent COVID-19 aid packages to advance his healthcare agenda, including funding community health centres. Biden will likely push to allow more medicine purchases from abroad, creating an opportunity for European and Asian pharma firms. Healthcare tax credits would make private healthcare more attractive and affordable for consumers. A public health insurance option would reduce the insurance risks facing private health insurers. The pharma industry will expend vast sums bankrolling politicians and lobbyists to fight Biden’s healthcare plans.

PERCENTAGE OF UNINSURED CHILDREN HAS INCREASED

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 88 (5) ◽  
pp. 1051-1051
Author(s):  
STUDENT
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Health Care Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Health Insurance ◽  
Care Policy ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
Uninsured Children

The proportion of children in the United States without private or public health insurance increased from roughly 13 percent to 18 percent between 1977 and 1987, according to a new study by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR). The growth in the proportion of uninsured children in poor and low-income families over the decade was even more dramatic—it rose from 21 percent to 31 percent.

scholarly journals Public health insurance and birth outcomes: evidence from Punjab, Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Najam uz Zehra Gardezi
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Insurance Coverage ◽  
Birth Certificate ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Public Health Insurance ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Cross Sectional

Abstract Public health insurance targeted towards low-income households has gained traction in many developing countries. However, there is limited evidence as to the effectiveness of these programs in countries where institutional constraints may limit participation by the eligible population. This paper evaluates a recent health insurance initiative introduced in Pakistan and discusses whether eligibility for the programme improves maternal health seeking behaviour. The Prime Minister National Health Program provides free insurance coverage to low-income families. The programme is in the early phases of implementation and has, since 2016, only been rolled out in a few eligible districts within the country. This allows for a comparison of eligible households in districts where the programme has been introduced to those that are eligible to receive insurance at a future date. Using repeated cross-sectional data from multiple rounds of representative household survey, a difference-in-difference model has been estimated. Results show that at least for a specific beneficiary group (i.e. pregnant women), there has been a positive increase in utilization of hospital services. Furthermore, we provide evidence using mother fixed effects that the programme increased the likelihood of a child’s birth being documented. Since possession of a birth certificate can secure civic rights for a child, this is an unintended but positive outcome of the programme.

scholarly journals Public Health Insurance Expansion for Immigrant Children and Interstate Migration of Low-Income Immigrants

2020 ◽  
Vol 174 (1) ◽  
pp. 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasil I. Yasenov ◽  
Duncan Lawrence ◽  
Fernando S. Mendoza ◽  
Jens Hainmueller
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Immigrant Children ◽  
Public Health Insurance ◽  
Interstate Migration

scholarly journals Maintaining public health insurance benefits: How primary care clinics help keep low-income patients insured

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 61-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rose L Harding ◽  
Jennifer D Hall ◽  
Jennifer DeVoe ◽  
Heather Angier ◽  
Rachel Gold ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Public Health Insurance ◽  
Insurance Benefits ◽  
Primary Care Clinics
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