Unemployment and Health Insurance : Current Legislation and Issues.

Format:

Book

Government document

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health insurance.

Population.

Public welfare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (20 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Examines issues and challenges related to loss of health insurance due to unemployment. Highlights demographic diversity of unemployed population, explores relationship between unemployment and loss of employer-sponsored heath insurance, and profiles existing Federal programs and provisions that assist certain groups of unemployed individuals obtain or retain health insurance coverage. Reviews legislation in the 111th Congress to provide assistance to unemployed individuals for purpose of health insurance coverage, as well as more general legislation that might provide some assistance.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Unemployment and Health Insurance

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