Safety Net “Crowding Out” Private Health Insurance for Childless Adults

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Vol. VII, No. 3
June 2004
HCFO

The health care safety net—which includes public hospitals, community health centers, local clinics, and some primary health care physicians—is “crowding out” (replacing) other insurance options for unmarried childless adults nationally, according to new research by Anthony Lo Sasso, Ph.D., and colleagues at Northwestern University.