Dubay Lisa, Kenney Genevieve
Urban Institute, Washington, DC, USA.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2004 Mar-Apr;23(2):225-34. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.23.2.225.
This paper examines how rates of uninsurance for low-income parents have been changing over time and the extent to which expanding coverage to parents through Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) could help them. We find that uninsurance rates have been rising for low-income parents, especially those living in poverty, and that Medicaid and SCHIP could greatly reduce uninsurance among parents and would likely increase their access to care. Such expansions would still leave many noncitizen parents uninsured and would require reaching and enrolling families whose children have remained uninsured despite being eligible for public coverage.
本文探讨了低收入父母的未参保率随时间的变化情况，以及通过医疗补助计划（Medicaid）和州儿童健康保险计划（SCHIP）扩大父母医保覆盖范围能在多大程度上帮助他们。我们发现，低收入父母，尤其是生活在贫困中的父母，未参保率一直在上升，而医疗补助计划和州儿童健康保险计划能够大幅降低父母的未参保率，并可能增加他们获得医疗服务的机会。这种覆盖范围的扩大仍会使许多非公民父母未参保，并且需要让那些尽管符合公共医保资格但其子女仍未参保的家庭了解并加入医保。
