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Health Insurance for Children: Declines in Employment-Based Coverage Leave Millions Uninsured; State and Private Programs Offer New Approaches

T-HEHS-97-105 Published: Apr 08, 1997. Publicly Released: Apr 08, 1997.
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GAO discussed recent changes in health insurance coverage and the effect of these changes on children, focusing on: (1) recent trends in children's health insurance coverage, particularly in employment-based coverage; (2) the increasing role of Medicaid in insuring children and possible interactions with private insurance; and (3) some small-scale but innovative state and private efforts to provide coverage for uninsured children.

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ChildrenEmployee benefit plansEmployee medical benefitsHealth care programsHealth insuranceInsurance premiumsMedicaidPrivate sectorState programsMedically uninsured