Next Steps in Covering Uninsured Children: Findings from the Kaiser Survey of Children’s Health Coverage

Publication Date: January 2009

Publisher: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

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Research Area: Health

Keywords: children; survey; uninsured

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

This issue brief provides key findings from the Kaiser Survey of Children's Health Coverage, including that many low- and middle-income working families with an uninsured child do not have access to employer-sponsored health insurance. The telephone survey of parents that was conducted in 2007 to learn more about children’s access to coverage and care and the health care cost-related pressures facing their families.