Many working parents and families in Georgia would benefit from extending Medicaid coverage
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Contributor(s):
- Georgetown University. Health Policy Institute. Center for Children and Families, issuing body. Georgians for a Healthy Future, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, D.C., : Center for Children and Families, Health Policy Institute, Georgetown University, September 2015
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Medicaid -- statistics & numerical data Medically Uninsured -- statistics & numerical data Georgia United States United States.
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- (1) Georgia is one of 19 states that has elected not to accept federal funding under the ACA to extend Medicaid coverage to parents and other low-income adults and is not currently exploring coverage options. (2) Georgia has high rates and numbers of uninsured children and parents. Nearly three-in-ten Georgians potentially eligible for coverage should Georgia choose to extend Medicaid are parents with dependent children residing in their home. Providing health coverage to Georgia's parents would reduce children's uninsurance rate and enhance families' financial security. Experience from other states shows that an extremely effective way to reduce the uninsured rate for children is to extend coverage to parents so the entire family can get covered. (3) Of those parents that could benefit from extended Medicaid eligibility, nearly two-thirds (57 percent) are employed. Nearly half of all uninsured parents (46 percent) work in restaurants, retail, or professional service occupations.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (9 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101676158 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101676158