Health Insurance is a Family Matter (Insuring health)

(Institute of Medicine) Report from the Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance and the Board on Health Care Services. Third in a series of six reports planned on the subject. This report shows a family's chance of having an uninsured member at some point is significant and a lack of coverage can have negative effects on the uninsured child or pregnant woman. Softcover.

Health Insurance is a Family Matter is the third of a series of six reports on the problems of uninsurance in the United Sates and addresses the impact on the family of not having health insurance. The book demonstrates that having one or more uninsured members in a family can have adverse consequences for everyone in the household and that the financial, physical, and emotional well—being of all members of a family may be adversely affected if any family member lacks coverage. It concludes with the finding that uninsured children have worse access to and use fewer health care services than children with insurance, including important preventive services that can have beneficial long-term effects.

Executive Summary -- A Family Matter -- Insurance Coverage Of Families -- Insurance Transitions Over The Family Cycle -- Financial Characteristics And Behavior Of Uninsured Families -- Family Well-being And Health Insurance Coverage -- Health-related Outcomes For Children, Pregnant Women, And Newborns -- Conclusions -- Appendixes -- References. Committee On The Consequences Of Unisurance, Board Of Health Care Services, Institute Of Medicine. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 259-278). Mode Of Access: Internet. Text: Html Format, Pdf Available For Printing. In Health Insurance Is a Family Matter, the Institute of Medicine's Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance examines two sets of literature, one concerning the relationship between health insurance status and the health of pregnant women, infants and children, and the other on whether having an uninsured member of the family can have a deleterious effect on the family as a whole Presents the third of a series of reports on the problems of uninsurance and addresses the impact on the family of not having health insurance. This book argues that uninsured members in a family can have adverse consequences for the entire household and that the financial, physical, and emotional well-being of all members may be affected.