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These services are provided to low-income and uninsured individuals at reduced or no cost. [1] Its overall purpose is to promote positive birth outcomes and healthy families by allowing individuals to decide the number and spacing of their children. In 2018, the program served 3.9 million people, 87% of them women. [2]
The term “uninsured” is often better known and more often discussed. This is because it has a clear definition of an individual not possessing health insurance coverage. This clearly defined term allows for accurate measurements of the number of uninsured people, and more reliable research results.
Community health centers primarily provide health care to patients who are uninsured or covered by Medicaid. [22] In 2007, almost 40% of all CHC patients lacked insurance, and 35% were Medicaid patients. [5] In 2008, 1,080 CHCs provided comprehensive primary care to more than 17.1 million people. [4]
Despite the government's attempt to make healthcare more affordable through the Affordable Care Act (ACA), many women still struggle to afford the basic costs of their healthcare, according to a ...
Hannah Huang is graduating this spring from the Weill Cornell/Sloan Kettering/Rockefeller MD-PhD Program; Noelle Sun is a graduate of the New England College of Optometry and a practicing ...
Biden, Sanders and Trump have different proposals to deal with the millions without healthcare coverage during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Fewer of the uninsured (28%) report currently undergoing treatment or participating in a program to help them manage a chronic condition; 37% of the insured are receiving such treatment. 21% of the uninsured, vs. 16% of the insured, believe their overall health is below average for people in their age group.
According to a 2000 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report, Congress passed legislation creating "two new vehicles Association Health Plans (AHPs) and HealthMarts, to facilitate the sale of health insurance coverage to employees of small firms" in response to concerns about the "large and growing number of uninsured people in the United States."