Safety net "crowding out" private health insurance for childless adults

Find Brief. 2004 Jun;7(3):1-4.

Abstract

Because so many low-income children are eligible for either Medicaid or the State Children's Health Insurance Program, even when they access safety-net providers, the doctors can usually get them enrolled in the appropriate program.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Child
  • Child Health Services* / economics
  • Child Health Services* / statistics & numerical data
  • Child, Preschool
  • Eligibility Determination*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Insurance Coverage* / economics
  • Insurance Coverage* / statistics & numerical data
  • Insurance Coverage* / trends
  • Insurance, Health* / economics
  • Insurance, Health* / statistics & numerical data
  • Medically Uninsured / statistics & numerical data
  • Middle Aged
  • Policy Making
  • Poverty
  • Private Sector*
  • State Government
  • Uncompensated Care / economics
  • Uncompensated Care / statistics & numerical data
  • United States