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Medicaid Coverage for Young Women and Children: Whose Welfare Is at Stake?-Reply

Medicaid Coverage for Young Women and Children: Whose Welfare Is at Stake?-Reply In Reply. —The fact that 39% of all births in 1994 were paid for with Medicaid funds is shocking. However, as I pointed out in the Editorial, the 1991 through 1994 increase to 39% is not due to an increase in the number of babies whose births are paid for by Medicaid but by a decline in the number of babies born to women with private health insurance. Part of this decline has occurred because women with higher incomes are not having as many babies as in previous years. But an increasingly important part of the decline in private health insurance coverage of births is due to employers' either not offering health insurance to their employees or increasing the premium share paid by employees for dependent coverage. A large majority of the women affected by the expanded eligibility for Medicaid are working or are dependents of workers—they simply cannot afford or do http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

Medicaid Coverage for Young Women and Children: Whose Welfare Is at Stake?-Reply

Swartz, Katherine
JAMA , Volume 278 (1) – Jul 2, 1997
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Medicaid Coverage for Young Women and Children: Whose Welfare Is at Stake?-Reply

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—The fact that 39% of all births in 1994 were paid for with Medicaid funds is shocking. However, as I pointed out in the Editorial, the 1991 through 1994 increase to 39% is not due to an increase in the number of babies whose births are paid for by Medicaid but by a decline in the number of babies born to women with private health insurance. Part of this decline has occurred because women with higher incomes are not having as many babies as in...
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American Medical Association
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Copyright © 1997 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
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0098-7484
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1538-3598
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10.1001/jama.1997.03550010038032
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Abstract

In Reply. —The fact that 39% of all births in 1994 were paid for with Medicaid funds is shocking. However, as I pointed out in the Editorial, the 1991 through 1994 increase to 39% is not due to an increase in the number of babies whose births are paid for by Medicaid but by a decline in the number of babies born to women with private health insurance. Part of this decline has occurred because women with higher incomes are not having as many babies as in previous years. But an increasingly important part of the decline in private health insurance coverage of births is due to employers' either not offering health insurance to their employees or increasing the premium share paid by employees for dependent coverage. A large majority of the women affected by the expanded eligibility for Medicaid are working or are dependents of workers—they simply cannot afford or do

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JAMA – American Medical Association

Published: Jul 2, 1997

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