A Call for Action: Executive SummaryU.S. Government Printing Office, 1990 - 18 pages |
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... reach for the entire firm ; • Workers with good coverage , who see their ben- efits threatened each time they go to the bargain- ing table ; • Families whose emotional and financial resources are exhausted from providing long - term ...
... reach for the entire firm ; • Workers with good coverage , who see their ben- efits threatened each time they go to the bargain- ing table ; • Families whose emotional and financial resources are exhausted from providing long - term ...
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... reach all workers and their families ? Why does the public safety net fail to protect the poor ? Uninsured Workers - Firms of all sizes have un- insured workers , but workers in smaller firms are much less likely to get insurance ...
... reach all workers and their families ? Why does the public safety net fail to protect the poor ? Uninsured Workers - Firms of all sizes have un- insured workers , but workers in smaller firms are much less likely to get insurance ...
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... reach more than a fraction of the low- income population . In 1987 , the program assisted only 42 percent of those with incomes below the poverty line . Even among the extremely poor ( family incomes below 25 percent of poverty ) nearly ...
... reach more than a fraction of the low- income population . In 1987 , the program assisted only 42 percent of those with incomes below the poverty line . Even among the extremely poor ( family incomes below 25 percent of poverty ) nearly ...
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... reach all the poor . Protection will vary considerably from state to state . And many low - income Americans will go with- out health care coverage even in the more generous states . 4 Faced with costs they cannot pay , the uninsured ...
... reach all the poor . Protection will vary considerably from state to state . And many low - income Americans will go with- out health care coverage even in the more generous states . 4 Faced with costs they cannot pay , the uninsured ...
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... reach that level of market penetration . ” - Joshua M. Wiener , senior fellow , The Brookings Institution The emergence of job - based long - term care insur- ance , combined with anticipated increases in the elderly's income , makes ...
... reach that level of market penetration . ” - Joshua M. Wiener , senior fellow , The Brookings Institution The emergence of job - based long - term care insur- ance , combined with anticipated increases in the elderly's income , makes ...
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