Who are the uninsured?

Howard J Eng

doi:10.1007/978-0-387-78309-3_1

Who are the uninsured?

Howard J Eng

Community, Environment and Policy

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Abstract

The Andersons are a family of four. Jim Anderson is 35 years old and works for a local taxi company. The company offers health insurance only to full-time employees (minimum of 40 hours per week), but Jim could not afford the 40% employee premium contribution, so he decided not to purchase the company's health insurance plan. Liz Anderson is 33 years old and works part time (20 hours per week) for a local gift shop that does not offer health insurance benefits to their employees. Jim and Liz have two children; Sally, 13 years old, and Bud, 10 years old. The Andersons are an uninsured family who are not eligible for the Medicaid program because their family income is too high. Although the children would be eligible for the State Children's Health Insurance Program, Jim and Liz decided not to enroll the children because of the costly monthly premiums. The Andersons do not have a personal family physician, but use the local Community Health Center once in a while. Although the Community Health Center offers a sliding scale for the Andersons, they rarely use it unless there is an urgent health issue or something is required for work or school.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	tThe Care of the Uninsured in America
Publisher	Springer New York
Pages	1-20
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Print)	9780387783079
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78309-3_1
State	Published - 2010

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Health Insurance

Community Health Centers

Insurance Benefits

Gift Giving

Family Physicians

Medicaid

Health

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Medicine(all)

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Eng, H. J. (2010). Who are the uninsured? In tThe Care of the Uninsured in America (pp. 1-20). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78309-3_1

Who are the uninsured? / Eng, Howard J.

tThe Care of the Uninsured in America. Springer New York, 2010. p. 1-20.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Eng, HJ 2010, Who are the uninsured? in tThe Care of the Uninsured in America. Springer New York, pp. 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78309-3_1

Eng HJ. Who are the uninsured? In tThe Care of the Uninsured in America. Springer New York. 2010. p. 1-20 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78309-3_1

Eng, Howard J. / Who are the uninsured?. tThe Care of the Uninsured in America. Springer New York, 2010. pp. 1-20

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