Access to Care for Children of the Working Poor
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent MedicinePublished 1 June 2001
Sylvia Guendelman, Michelle Pearl
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Children in working poor families experience far more barriers to care than other children, and health insurance expansions through the Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid, which reduce financial and nonfinancial barriers to Care may help correct these disparities.
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Children in working poor families experience far more barriers to care than other children. Health insurance expansions through the Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid, which reduce financial and nonfinancial barriers to care, may help correct these disparities.
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