Unemployment and the Availability of Health Insurance : Issues for Congress.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health insurance.

Medical laws and legislation.

Population.

Unemployment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (22 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2011.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 11-R4-0165e in the 2011 issue.

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 identifies other groups at risk of losing health insurance. Profiles existing Federal programs and provisions that assist certain groups of unemployed individuals in obtaining or retaining health insurance coverage. Considers impact of health care reform upon the unemployed, and reviews issues for Congress.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

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

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