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Article: Access to Care and Use of Health Services by Low-Income Women.(health care industry, United States)
- Article from:
- Health Care Financing Review
- Article date:
- June 22, 2001
- Author:
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INTRODUCTION
The Medicaid program is an important source of insurance coverage for low-income women. In 1997, 19.0 percent of low-income women, that is those with incomes below 200 percent of the Federal poverty level (FPL), had Medicaid coverage, 43.1 percent had private coverage, 4.3 percent had other public coverage, and 33.6 percent were uninsured (Figure 1). (In 1997, 200 percent of the FPL was approximately equal to $26,000 for a family of three.) Eligibility for Medicaid has his torically been limited to those receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI), pregnant women, and the medically needy. A number of ...