IMAGE: Assistant professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh Public Health.
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PITTSBURGH, April 5, 2021 - Near-poor Americans people just above the federal poverty level but still well below the average U.S. income who rely on Medicare for health insurance face high medical bills and may forgo essential health care, according to new research led by health policy scientists at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. This is due to a coverage cliff in Medicaid, which supplements Medicare for people with incomes below poverty but excludes individuals above the federal poverty threshold, including the near-poor.
Filling Health Care Coverage Gap for Near Poor
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