New York's Disaster Relief Medicaid: Insights and Implications for Covering Low-Income People


 

Publication Date: August 2002

Publisher: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

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Research Area: Health

Type: Report

Coverage: New York

Abstract:

This focus group study is of New Yorkers who enrolled in Disaster Relief Medicaid (DRM), a temporary public health insurance program created after the September 11th attacks. It is based on findings from six focus groups conducted with Hispanic, Chinese, and African American New Yorkers.