Reports Summarize Health Insurance Findings from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Self-Perceived Poor/Fair Health, Frequent Mental…

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Reports Summarize Health Insurance Findings from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Self-Perceived Poor/Fair Health, Frequent Mental Distress, and Health Insurance Status Among Working-Aged US Adults)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA -- Fresh data on Health Insurance are presented in a new report. According to news reporting originating in Atlanta, Georgia, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, "We examined associations of health insurance status with self-perceived poor/fair health and frequent mental distress (FMD) among working-aged US adults from 42 states and the District of Columbia using data from the 2014 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System."

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "After multiple-variable adjustment, compared with adequately insured adults, underinsured and never insured adults were 39% and 59% more likely to report poor/fair health, respectively, and 38% more likely to report FMD. Compared with working-aged adults with employer-based insurance, adults with Medicaid/Medicare or other public insurance coverage were 28% and 13% more likely to report poor/fair health, respectively, and 15% more likely to report FMD."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "Increasing insurance coverage and reducing cost barriers to care may improve general and mental health."

For more information on this research see: Self-Perceived Poor/Fair Health, Frequent Mental Distress, and Health Insurance Status Among Working-Aged US Adults. Preventing Chronic Disease, 2018;15():31-36. Preventing Chronic Disease can be contacted at: Centers Disease Control, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA (see also Health Insurance).

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting G.X. Zhao, Center Dis Control & Prevent, Div Populat Hlth, Natl Center Chron Dis Prevent & Hlth Promot, Atlanta, GA 30341, United States. Additional authors for this research include C.A. Okoro, J. Hsia and M. Town.

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