Coverage Gains Under Recent Section 1115 Waivers: A Data Update


 

Publication Date: August 2005

Publisher: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

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Research Area: Health

Keywords: Health Coverage; Uninsured

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

This brief assesses the extent to which recent Section 1115 waivers have helped reduce the number of uninsured people and finds that there has been a net gain in coverage of 426,329 people under recent waivers.