Some families who purchased health coverage through the massachusetts connector wound up with high financial burdens

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 974-983

  Galbraith, Alison A ^a   Sinaiko, Anna D ^b   Soumerai, Stephen B ^a   Ross Degnan, Dennis ^a   Dutta Linn, M Maya ^a   Lieu, Tracy A ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; POVERTY;

COST OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH REFORM; INSURANCE; INSURING CHILDREN;

ADULT; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MASSACHUSETTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84877955833     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.0864     Document Type: Article

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