Estimating the Percentage of the US Population without Health Insurance: An Ecological Approach

Richard Cebula () and Anthony Bopp ()

International Advances in Economic Research, 2008, vol. 14, issue 3, 336-347

Abstract: This ecological study identifies factors that affect the percentage of a state’s population without health insurance. Even with the Medicaid program, over 15% of the US population is without health insurance and understanding reasons why people are uninsured is an important first step in remedying this problem. Results presented here indicate an income policy or a piecemeal approach to the problem will probably be unsuccessful. Copyright International Atlantic Economic Society 2008

Keywords: Health insurance; Poverty; Uninsured; I00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1007/s11294-008-9153-z

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