Health insurance and access to care

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.). Office of Planning, Budget, and Legislation.
• Description:
  Health insurance coverage is an important determinant of access to health care. Uninsured children and nonelderly adults are substantially less likely to have a usual source of health care or a recent health care visit than their insured counterparts. The majority of persons under age 65 have coverage through private employer-sponsored group health insurance. Private health insurance may also be purchased on an individual basis. Starting in 2014, U.S. adults could buy a private health insurance plan through the Health Insurance Marketplace or state-based exchanges established as part of the Affordable Care Act. Moreover, some states opted to expand Medicaid coverage to low-income adults.
  
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  For more information about NCHS, visit https://www.cdc.gov/nchs.
  
  factsheet_health_insurance_and_access_to_care.pdf
  
  
• Content Notes:
  How does NCHS obtain data? -- What data are produced? -- How does NCHS assure data quality? -- Who uses these data?
• Subjects:
  Health Care Quality, Access, And Evaluation Health Insurance
• Series:
  NCHS Fact Sheet
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Topic:
  Health Statistics
• Pages in Document:
  2 Pages
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
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