Abstract
This ecological study identifies factors that affect the percentage of a state’s population without health insurance. Even with the Medicaid program, over 15% of the US population is without health insurance and understanding reasons why people are uninsured is an important first step in remedying this problem. Results presented here indicate an income policy or a piecemeal approach to the problem will probably be unsuccessful.
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The authors are indebted to Katya Gubenko, Armstrong Atlantic State University, for her timely and invaluable assistance in the preparation of this manuscript. The authors wish to thank the participants of the International Atlantic Economic Society’s Philadelphia-2006 meeting for comments, some of which are incorporated here. Not withstanding participant advice, errors found here are still those of the authors.
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Cebula, R.J., Bopp, A.E. Estimating the Percentage of the US Population without Health Insurance: An Ecological Approach. Int Adv Econ Res 14, 336–347 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11294-008-9153-z
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