After reading the background materials as well as additional information you find from the literature and online sources, respond to the following questions for this module’s SLP:
1.Discuss the sources of health insurance coverage in your home state, or any state of your choosing, for the following groups:
◦Seniors age 65 and older
◦Children younger than 18
◦Low-income families with at least one child, whose family income is below 133% of the Federal Poverty Level
◦The self-employed
◦Employees of large companies (more than 100 employees)
◦Employees of small businesses
◦Part-time, temporary, and seasonal employees
◦The unemployed
◦College students
2.Discuss whether the groups listed above need to contribute to the premiums of their health insurance.

SLP Assignment Expectations

Length: Write a 1-page paper.
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reading

Claxton, G. (2008). How Private Health Care Coverage Works: A Primer. A Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Report. Available at http://www.kff.org/insurance/upload/7766.pdf (Retrieved 11/21/2012)

Eibner, C., Hussey, P., & Girosi, F. (2010) The Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Workers’ Health Insurance Coverage. New England Journal of Medicine, 363 (15), 1393-1395. Available at http://healthpolicyandreform.nejm.org/?p=12339 (Retrieved 11/21/2012)

RAND Corporation. (2010). US Health Care Today: Coverage. Available at http://www.randcompare.org/us-health-care-today/coverage#current-levels-of-coverage (Retrieved 11/21/2012)

Kaiser Family Foundation (2009). Health Insurance and Access to Health Care: the Evidence. Available at: http://kff.org/interactive/health-insurance-and-access-to-health-care-tutorial/