Health Policy Center, independent research for better health policy: The Urban Institute
Health Policy Center AuthorsPublications by Samantha Phong for Health Policy Center Back to Browse by Author
Variation in Insurance Coverage Across Congressional Districts (Policy Briefs/Timely Analysis of Health Policy Issues) Genevieve M. Kenney, Victoria Lynch, Stephen Zuckerman, Samantha Phong New data on health insurance coverage from the American Community Survey show extensive variation in rates of private and public coverage and uninsurance across congressional districts in the United States. Rates of private coverage are lowest in districts that have higher poverty rates which tend to be concentrated in the South and West and uninsurance remains most serious in districts with low rates of private coverage. This analysis identifies the districts in which residents would have the most to gain from health reforms that are designed to increase health insurance coverage toward a higher and more uniform national standard.
| ||||||||
 |