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Washington's Health Plan: Fulfilling Its Mission or Creating Barriers for Working Families?
Publication Date: October 2005
Publisher(s): Economic Opportunity Institute
Author(s): John R. Burbank; Daniel Stokley
Funder(s): Group Health Cooperative; King County Employees Fund; Tagney Jones Family Fund; Kenneth & Marleen Alhadeff Foundation; Equality Foundation; Davis, Aubrey; Pigott, Judy; Goode, Paul
Funder(s): Group Health Cooperative; King County Employees Fund; Tagney Jones Family Fund; Kenneth & Marleen Alhadeff Foundation; Equality Foundation; Davis, Aubrey; Pigott, Judy; Goode, Paul
Topic: Health (Health care financing)
Keywords: Health Care; Public health; Universal health care
Type: Report
Coverage: Washington
Abstract:
Presents estimated annual costs paid by families at different income levels based on the costs of medical needs and the coverage information provided by the Basic Health Plan. This analysis reveals that Basic Health Plan coverage can require too high a percentage of a working family’s household budget.