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Publication Date: October 2008
Publisher: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Author(s):
Research Area: Health
Keywords: access; healthcare; insurance
Type: Brief
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
This policy brief finds about 39 million working-age adults nationally reported cost as a barrier to receiving needed health care in 2006, a number that grew by an average of 1 million people annually over the decade studied. Uninsured working-aged adults experienced the most consistent erosion over the 10 years, resulting in a widening gap in access to care between insured and uninsured adults.