Author: Roberta WynPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Health insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Health Insurance Coverage of Single Mothers in California
Author: Roberta WynPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Health insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Single Mothers in California
Author: Roberta WynPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Health insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 6
Book Description
Single-Parent Families, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage
Author: Paul FronstinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
While the traditional family of husband and wife living in one household -- either with or without children -- remains the most common family type, it has declined as a proportion of all families from 71 percent in 1970 to 55 percent in 1994. At the same time, the proportion of families with a single parent has grown from 11 percent to 16 percent. Other family types without children comprise the remaining 29 percent of families. The large majority (81 percent) of single-parent families are headed by women. Individuals in these families often live in poverty, and many do not receive adequate health insurance protection from either public or private programs.
Health Insurance is a Family Matter
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309169054
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Health Insurance is a Family Matter is the third of a series of six reports on the problems of uninsurance in the United Sates and addresses the impact on the family of not having health insurance. The book demonstrates that having one or more uninsured members in a family can have adverse consequences for everyone in the household and that the financial, physical, and emotional well-being of all members of a family may be adversely affected if any family member lacks coverage. It concludes with the finding that uninsured children have worse access to and use fewer health care services than children with insurance, including important preventive services that can have beneficial long-term effects.
Family Income and Health Insurance Coverage for Women in California
Author: Roberta WynPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Health insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
Health Insurance Tax Credits and Health Insurance Coverage of Low-earning Single Mothers
Author: Merve CebiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Child health services
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 introduced a refundable tax credit for low-income working families who purchased health insurance coverage for their children. This health insurance tax credit (HITC) existed during tax years 1991, 1992, and 1993, and was then rescinded. We use Current Population Survey data and a difference-in-differences approach to estimate the HITC's effect on private health insurance coverage of low-earning single mothers. The findings suggest that during 1991-1993, the health insurance coverage of single mothers was about 6 percentage points higher than it would have been in the absence of the HITC.
Working Families Under Stress
Author: Health Insurance Coverage of Women in California
Author: Roberta WynPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medically uninsured persons
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
The Social Economy of Single Motherhood
Author: Margaret NelsonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317793730
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Margaret Nelson investigates the lives of single, working-class mothers in this compelling and timely book. Through personal interviews, she uncovers the different challenges that mothers and their children face in small town America--a place greatly changed over the past fifty years as factory work has dried up and national chains like Walmart have moved in.
The Health, Earnings Capacity, and Poverty of Single-Mother Families
Author: Barbara WolfePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Approximately 1.4 million single mothers have substantial health problems. Even if they were to work full time, they would be unlikely to earn enough to adequately provide for themselves and their children. Many of these women are not likely to find employment that offers health insurance coverage for themselves or their children. Employment is thus not an option that would provide sufficient resources--in terms of income or insurance--for them to live at or above the poverty line. Those single mothers who have a disabled child are at additional disadvantage. These children may require increased time from an adult and are likely to have considerable medical care needs and expenditures. For these families, employment of the mother may not provide adequate resources in terms of either time available to meet the disabled child's special needs, income, or adequate health insurance. We explore these issues, first examining the health status of single mothers compared to other women. We next estimate their earnings capacity--the amount they would earn were they to join the work force on a full-time basis, taking into account their health status and that of their children. We then investigate the percentage of single mothers and their children who would be poor if they had to rely on the earnings capacity of the women (working 40 hours per week, adjusting for health). Finally, we explore the policy implications of our findings, which seem particularly timely in the face of the new work requirements of the 1988 Family Support Act. The act requires most single mothers currently receiving or applying for Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) to enroll in training or register to work.