1.
Am J Public Health
; 93(10): 1680-2, 2003 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-14534220
Subject(s)
Eligibility Determination/legislation & jurisprudence , Emigration and Immigration/legislation & jurisprudence , Insurance Coverage/statistics & numerical data , Medically Uninsured/ethnology , Public Assistance/legislation & jurisprudence , Social Welfare/legislation & jurisprudence , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Child , Child Health Services/economics , Humans , Medicaid/legislation & jurisprudence , Middle Aged , Public Health , Social Welfare/economics , State Health Plans , United States
2.
Health Aff (Millwood)
; 21(4): 246-54, 2002.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12117137
ABSTRACT
We compare three eligibility criteria for targeting health insurance expansions in working families: poverty, hourly wages, and employment in a small firm. Making pairwise comparisons among these, we find that targeting by poverty is the most effective and efficient. A poverty-based method is also the most effective way to target those lacking access to employer-sponsored insurance and those with low take-up of such coverage. When we examine the effectiveness of targeting by family type, we find that marital status and number of workers in the family make little difference once we control for the presence of children and for poverty level.