Health Insurance: A Profile of the Uninsured in Ohio and the Nation

HRD-88-83 Published: Aug 30, 1988. Publicly Released: Oct 05, 1988.

Highlights

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO studied: (1) the growth in the number of individuals without health insurance between 1982 and 1985; (2) the characteristics of uninsured persons in the United States and Ohio; (3) health insurance costs and affordability in Ohio; and (4) federal, state, and local health care programs in Ohio that assist the uninsured.

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Disadvantaged personsGrants to statesHealth care costsHealth care programsHealth care servicesHealth insuranceHealth statisticsState programsState-administered programsMedically uninsured