Uneven & Unequal: Insurance Coverage and Reproductive Health Services articles

Recent articles from Uneven & Unequal: Insurance Coverage and Reproductive Health Services

Background.(of reproductive health care insurance survey)
January 1, 1995... Reproductive health care services do not fit neatly into many of the long-standing conventions of private health insurance in the United States, both because of the nature of the services themselves and because of the characteristics of the...

AGI Study of Private-Sector Health Insurance Coverage.(Alan Guttmacher Institute)
January 1, 1995... This report, based on the first large-scale, comprehensive study of private insurance coverage of reproductive health care services, (12) addresses three issues critical to ensuring that people not only are insured for, but also are able to...

Principal Findings.(results of the AGI Study of Private-Sector Insurance Coverage of Reproductive Health Services)
January 1, 1995... Major results of the 1993 AGI Study of Private-Sector Insurance Coverage of Reproductive Health Services fall into the three categories mentioned above: specific reproductive health care services, dependent coverage, and confidentiality...

Implications for Health Care Reform.(on women's reproductive health insurance)
January 1, 1995... What emerges from these findings is a portrait of insurance mechanisms that offer uneven and unequal protection to individuals seeking reproductive health care services. Conventional indemnity insurance plans, in sharp contrast to HMOs, often...

Appendix: Methodology.(to survey of health insurance agencies)
January 1, 1995... The 1993 AGI survey of health insurers had three components: commercial insurance companies, Blue Cross/Blue Shield plans and health maintenance organizations (HMOs). The survey instruments used for the first two were identical. The survey for...