Health Insurance
| Publication | Category | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire Employees Working in Small Firms Lack Access to Paid Family and Medical Leave In this brief, author Kristin Smith reports that In December 2022, just prior to the launch of the NH Paid Family and Medical Leave Program, 40 percent of NH workers did not have access to paid medical, parental, or family leave. In its first year, the program has… |
New Hampshire | Employment, Health Insurance, New Hampshire |
| Support for Paid Family and Medical Leave in New Hampshire In October 2018, the last period for which we conducted public opinion research, support for a paid family and medical leave program was high. Seventy-eight percent of New Hampshire residents stated support for a program that would provide a portion of wages to… |
New Hampshire | Health Insurance |
| Data Snapshot: Fewer Young Adults Lack Health Insurance Following Key ACA Provisions The share of people without health insurance has dropped dramatically since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but declines have been most dramatic among young adults age 19 to 25. In 2008, one-in-three 23-year-olds were uninsured, likely reflecting… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Health Insurance, Poverty, Young Adults |
| Full-Time Employment Not Always a Ticket to Health Insurance The majority of Americans—55.7 percent in 2016, according to the Census Bureau—access health insurance through employer-based plans.1 However, employment does not always result in health insurance coverage, and not all those who report working full time, year round… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Employment, Health, Health Insurance |
| Data Snapshot: Nine Million Publicly Insured Children in the Twelve States Facing Federal CHIP Cutoff by End of Year Funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)—the federal program that extends health insurance coverage to low income children not eligible for traditional Medicaid—officially expired on September 30, 2017. Given that states implement CHIP in different… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Health Insurance, Safety Net |
| More Than 95 Percent of U.S. Children Had Health Insurance in 2015 Enrolling all children in health insurance is a primary goal of health care advocates. Children who have health insurance have better access to health care and, as a result, experience gains in a variety of well-being measures, including health and school attainment.… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Health Insurance, Safety Net |
| The Impact of State Medicaid Expansion Under the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance Coverage at the County Level Counties and states with large shares of uninsured risk having to contend with a range of health and economic impacts, such as reduced workplace productivity, unsustainable demands on emergency departments, higher tax burdens resulting from uncompensated care costs,… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Health Insurance, Safety Net |
| Over 80 Percent of New Hampshire Residents Support Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Paid family and medical leave helps workers manage their work and family responsibilities by allowing them to take extended time away from work while receiving some wage replacement and without the threat of being fired. Yet, access to paid family and medical leave… |
New Hampshire, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Family, Health, Health Insurance, New Hampshire |
| Hispanic Children Least Likely to Have Health Insurance This policy brief examines health insurance coverage of Hispanic children and its relationship to their citizenship status, their parents’1 citizenship status, parents’ insurance coverage, language spoken at home, and their state’s Medicaid expansion policies.… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Health Insurance, Hispanics |
| After a Parent Left Employment, One in Five Children Lost Private Insurance Parental job loss is an important trigger for a child’s loss of private health insurance.1 For example, research shows that parental loss of full-time employment doubles the odds that a child will lose private health insurance.2 Until the 1990s, substantial numbers… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Employment, Health Insurance, Hispanics, Unemployment |
