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Notes

  1. Detailed definitions of these categories are provided in Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services [2008].

  2. For comparisons to previous years and for additional information on the sources and sponsors, see Hartman and others [2009].

  3. For detailed information about the methodology for the projections, see Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services [2009].

  4. For additional information, see Sensenig and Wilcox [2001].

  5. This information provided by CMS staff.

  6. Information on the September 2009 news release can be found on the Census Bureau's Web site at www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/income.html.

  7. This information is based on the following two reports: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation [2008] and Department of Health and Human Services [2005].

  8. Additional information about the ACS is available on the Census Bureau's Web site at www.census.gov/acs/www.

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Parker, R. Key Statistics for Health Care Reform. Bus Econ 44, 229–235 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1057/be.2009.32

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