Researchers from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Provide Details of New Studies and Findings in the Area of Insurance (Health Insurance and Primary Care Access for Taxi/fhv Drivers In New York City: Trends From 2015-2018): Insurance

2022 OCT 06 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily -- Investigators publish new report on Insurance. According to news reporting originating from New York City, New York, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “There are hundreds of thousands of metropolitan United States taxi and for-hire vehicle (FHV) drivers who lack health insurance and have limited access to primary care. The Affordable Care Act provided increased opportunities for insurance coverage.”

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, “The current study used a 1,864 person 2015-2018 NYC taxi/FHV driver dataset, which included health insurance coverage and primary care access information. The data revealed an increase in insurance coverage and primary care uptake across the four years, from 40% to 63% and 52% to 60%, respectively. Drivers’ age, region of birth, and hours driving per week predicted insurance coverage, and drivers’ age, region of birth, hours driving per week, and insurance status predicted primary care coverage.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Recommendations for addressing the pervasive low rates of insurance and primary care coverage among this understudied marginalized population are presented.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Health Insurance and Primary Care Access for Taxi/fhv Drivers In New York City: Trends From 2015-2018. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 2022;33(3):1650-1662. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved can be contacted at: Johns Hopkins Univ Press, Journals Publishing Division, 2715 North Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218-4363, USA.

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Francesca Gany, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Immigrant Hlth & Canc Dispar Serv, New York, NY, United States. Additional authors for this research include Sheena Mirpuri, Jacqueline Weng Liu and Bharat Narang.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2022.0090. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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