January 1, 2001
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Program Result
From 1991 to 1995, researchers at the University of Southern Maine, Human Services Development Institute compared health care utilization rates between previously uninsured and previously insured persons enrolled in state-sponsored insurance programs.
July 1, 2001
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The National Health Foundation led a coalition of private sector organizations to test the feasibility of developing a low-cost primary care-only insurance product for uninsured Los Angeles County residents.
September 1, 2001
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Program Result
The New York Academy of Medicine documented, profiled and assessed public-private community initiatives to provide health care for the uninsured.
May 15, 2008
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Program Result
Talking Eyes Media began research and storyline development on a documentary on the uninsured and underinsured in America, and produced a film trailer for the documentary.
April 17, 2007
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Program Result
Cover the Uninsured Week, March 10-16, 2003, focused national media attention on the coverage problem and featured hundreds of town meetings, health fairs and other public events in communities across the nation.
April 4, 2007
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Program Result
Communities in Charge is a program to help broad-based community coalitions design and establish sustainable health care delivery systems.
April 6, 2007
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Program Result
In 2001, MaineHealth, a nonprofit health system serving southern and central Maine, established CarePartners, a health plan using a network of providers offering volunteer care to the uninsured.
April 17, 2007
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Program Result
This sidebar describes reports on the individual and community impacts of the uninsured, including an Institute of Medicine report on the impact of the uninsured population on community health services funded by RWJF and released just before Cover the Uninsured Week.
April 17, 2007
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Program Result
A major reason the health insurance coverage problem has persisted is that the uninsured are not a cohesive voting group with organized political clout, according to Robert Blendon, ScD, professor of health policy and management at the Harvard School of Public Health.
April 17, 2007
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Program Result
This sidebar describes the factors in measuring coverage and the ways different federal agencies measure the uninsured population.