Key Personnel:
Roger A. Boothroyd
Julie A. Slay
Irene J. Kim
Rhonda Ort
Health Care After welfare:Insurance for women who have left the TANF rolls
Publication Date: 6/1/2001
Description:
A number of recent studies have determined that many women who leave the welfare rolls lose their health care coverage (e.g., Families USA 1999; Loprest, 1999). This is significant given the evidence documenting the high prevalence of health and mental health needs of many of these low-income women (e.g., Barusch, 1999; Danziger, et al. 1999; Olson & Pavetti, 1996).
The report summarizes the findings from face-to-face interviews conducted with 215 women from Hillsborough County who left the welfare rolls between January 2000 and August 2000. The purpose of the descriptive study was to identify the health care needs of these women, to determine the degree to which their needs were being met, and to document the type and nature of their health care coverage. Additionally, the study compared the health care access issues of welfare leavers who had a prior mental health contact with those who had not.
