After reading the background materials as well as additional information you find from the literature and online sources, respond to the following questions for this module’s SLP:
- Discuss the sources of health insurance coverage in your home state, or any state of your choosing, for the following groups:Seniors age 65 and olderChildren younger than 18Low-income families with at least one child, whose family income is below 133% of the Federal Poverty LevelThe self-employedEmployees of large companies (more than 100 employees)Employees of small businessesPart-time, temporary, and seasonal employeesThe unemployedCollege students
- Discuss whether the groups listed above need to contribute to the premiums of their health insurance.
SLP Assignment Expectations
Length: Write a 3- to 5-page paper, typed and double spaced, with 12 pt. Times New Roman font and 1-inch page margins. Use headers throughout the paper. This will aid you in not overlooking vital elements of the assignment and make the document easier for the reader to follow.
Required Reading
Baicker K, & Chandra A. (2008). Myths and Misconceptions about U.S. Health Insurance. Health Affairs, 27(6), w533-43. Retrieved from ProQuest on 11/21/2012.
Blumenthal D. (2006). Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance in the United States – Origins and Implications. New England Medical Journal, 355(1), 82-88. Retrieved from ProQuest on 11/21/2012.
Bodenheimer, T. (2005). High and Rising Health Care Costs. Part 1: Seeking an Explanation. Annals of Internal Medicine, 142 (10), 847-854. Available at:
http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=718406
Choudhry, N., Rosenthal, M. & Milstein, A. (2010). Assessing the Evidence for Value-Based Insurance Design. Health Affairs, 29 (11), 1988-1994. Retrieved from ProQuest on 11/21/2012.
Claxton, G. (2008). How Private Health Care Coverage Works: A Primer. A Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Report. Available at
http://www.kff.org/insurance/upload/7766.pdf
(Retrieved 11/21/2012)
Eibner, C., Hussey, P., & Girosi, F. (2010) The Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Workers’ Health Insurance Coverage. New England Journal of Medicine, 363 (15), 1393-1395. Available at Trident University Online Library.
U.S. Census. (2018). Health insurance coverage in the United States: 2017. Retrieved from
https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2018/demo/p60-264.html
Required Website
Kaiser Family Foundation (2009). Health Insurance and Access to Health Care: the Evidence. Available at:
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