AcademyHealth: More families with employer-sponsored insurance are needing public assistance

My middle son became a Bar Mitzvah this last weekend, so I’m in major catch-up mode. Sorry! I forgot to post when this appeared, so I’m making up for it now.

Not long ago, an interesting study appeared that shows that as employer-sponsored insurance has become expensive, many more children are actually being covered by public programs. It’s not a great sign for the private insurance market, regardless of what you think of the ACA. Go read about it over at the AcademyHealth blog!

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Aaron Carroll

Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS is co-Editor-in-Chief of The Incidental Economist and tweets at @aaronecarroll. He is the Chief Health Officer at Indiana University. He is also a Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Research Mentoring at the Indiana University School of Medicine. In addition to contributing regularly to The New York Times and the Atlantic, he is the author of four books, most recently The Bad Food Bible.

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Aaron Carroll

Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS is co-Editor-in-Chief of The Incidental Economist and tweets at @aaronecarroll. He is the Chief Health Officer at Indiana University. He is also a Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Research Mentoring at the Indiana University School of Medicine. In addition to contributing regularly to The New York Times and the Atlantic, he is the author of four books, most recently The Bad Food Bible.

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