A Call for Action: Executive SummaryU.S. Government Printing Office, 1990 - 18 pages |
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... percent of our nonelderly population . Another 20 million have inadequate coverage . And the proportion who are uninsured was 20 percent greater in the 1980s than in the 1970s . Anyone can become uninsured - regardless of age , income ...
... percent of our nonelderly population . Another 20 million have inadequate coverage . And the proportion who are uninsured was 20 percent greater in the 1980s than in the 1970s . Anyone can become uninsured - regardless of age , income ...
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... percent of those with incomes below the poverty line . Even among the extremely poor ( family incomes below 25 percent of poverty ) nearly a quarter are not covered by Medicaid or any other program . The poor must meet two kinds of ...
... percent of those with incomes below the poverty line . Even among the extremely poor ( family incomes below 25 percent of poverty ) nearly a quarter are not covered by Medicaid or any other program . The poor must meet two kinds of ...
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... percent of the federal poverty guidelines . Moreover , because states have failed to increase their income eligibility levels to keep pace with infla- tion , Medicaid programs are covering smaller propor- tions of the poor . Even recent ...
... percent of the federal poverty guidelines . Moreover , because states have failed to increase their income eligibility levels to keep pace with infla- tion , Medicaid programs are covering smaller propor- tions of the poor . Even recent ...
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... percent of the gross national product ( GNP ) and is projected to absorb 15 percent by the year 2000. For employers , health benefits are equivalent to more than 90 percent of after - tax profits , compared with 74 percent in 1984 and ...
... percent of the gross national product ( GNP ) and is projected to absorb 15 percent by the year 2000. For employers , health benefits are equivalent to more than 90 percent of after - tax profits , compared with 74 percent in 1984 and ...
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... percent more than the nation spends for health care under current law . If the recommenda- tions were implemented in 1990 , the projected in- crease in total health care expenditures would amount to $ 12 billion , raising total current ...
... percent more than the nation spends for health care under current law . If the recommenda- tions were implemented in 1990 , the projected in- crease in total health care expenditures would amount to $ 12 billion , raising total current ...
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