Many working parents and families in Virginia would benefit from Medicaid coverage

Many working parents and families in Virginia would benefit from Medicaid coverage

Contributor(s):
Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis, issuing body.
Georgetown University. Center for Children and Families issuing body.
Voices for Virginia's Children, issuing body.
Publication:
Washington, D.C., : Center for Children and Families, Health Policy Institute, Georgetown University, January 2016
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Insurance Coverage -- statistics & numerical data
Medicaid -- statistics & numerical data
Child
Parents
United States
Virginia
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
(1) Virginia's General Assembly has chosen not to use federal funds available under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for extending Medicaid coverage. Virginia's Governor continues to support use of Virginia's share of federal money to cover as many as 400,000 uninsured adults. (2) Virginia has large numbers of uninsured children and parents. Almost one third (29 percent) of people potentially eligible for coverage should Virginia close the gap are parents with dependent children residing in their home. Providing health coverage to Virginia'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 closing the coverage gap, over two-thirds (68 percent) are employed. Over half of all uninsured parents (54 percent) work in restaurants, retail, construction, or medical 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 (10 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101676144 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101676144