LEARNING AREA: Community Organizing and Planning
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Community Matters: Exploring the Link Between Community Characteristics and Uninsurance in Massachusetts

Author:

The Urban Institute/ Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation Mass

Year:

2016

Description:

Despite the near-universal health insurance coverage that the state has maintained for nearly a decade, pockets of high uninsurance remain for both adults and children in communities across Massachusetts. This brief, prepared by the Urban Institute, explores the relationship between community characteristics and the uninsured rate for people of all ages in Massachusetts and highlights the geographic and community context of the remaining uninsured. It also provides data to better target outreach and enrollment activities.