Patchwork of Health Insurance Coverage in the U.S. and It's Impact on Mississippians
Starts On:
08/23/2021: 12:00 AM EDT
Ends On:
08/22/2022: 11:45 PM EDT
Type:
Enduring Material (eLearning)
Location:
eLearning
Credits:
1.5
Objectives:
1. Provide at least 3 examples of gaps in health insurance coverage that might cause people to seek health care at the Jackson Free Clinic.
2. Explain how the U.S. health system became so reliant on employer-based health insurance coverage and how that structure affects access to health insurance.
3. Name the four major publicly-funded health coverage programs and the populations they cover.
4. Describe the group of people in Mississippi who are most likely to be uninsured because they have no source to subsidize their coverage.
5. Identify three common health care services not typically covered by traditional health insurance policies.
6. Provide one argument in favor of and one argument in opposition to expansion of Medicaid to low-income adults in Mississippi.
2. Explain how the U.S. health system became so reliant on employer-based health insurance coverage and how that structure affects access to health insurance.
3. Name the four major publicly-funded health coverage programs and the populations they cover.
4. Describe the group of people in Mississippi who are most likely to be uninsured because they have no source to subsidize their coverage.
5. Identify three common health care services not typically covered by traditional health insurance policies.
6. Provide one argument in favor of and one argument in opposition to expansion of Medicaid to low-income adults in Mississippi.
