By using this website you allow us to place cookies on your computer. Please read our Privacy Policy for more details.
Publication Date: May 2002
Publisher: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Author(s):
Research Area: Health
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
A new report by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured synthesizes the major findings of the past 25 years of health services research assessing the most important effects of health insurance. The report evaluates thousands of citations and 230 research articles to assess the consequences of being uninsured for health status and economic opportunity and concludes that the weight of this large body of research makes a compelling case that health insurance does lead to improved health and better access to care.