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If you live in the United States, do you have:
Poll ended at 07 Nov 2021, 5:41 pm
Private Health Insurance 44%  44%  [ 4 ]
Medicaid 22%  22%  [ 2 ]
Medicare 22%  22%  [ 2 ]
Medicaid and Medicare 11%  11%  [ 1 ]
Uninsured 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
None of the above 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Total votes : 9

TiredMom
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28 Oct 2021, 5:41 pm

Hi everyone. As some of you know, I'm writing a book on autism and human rights in the U.S. I'm now working on Chapter 5, which deals with health care. I have access to a really good research library, and I still haven't been able to find any kind of breakdown on how many autistic folk are uninsured, using Medicaid, private insurance, etc. I would be very grateful if you could fill in this poll. Any references also happily accepted.



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28 Oct 2021, 6:17 pm

You missed a very important type of insurance: Employer-sponsored health insurance.



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01 Nov 2021, 8:42 pm

Sorry. I meant private insurance to include employer-sponsored insurance--"private" here means "non-government".



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02 Nov 2021, 2:00 am

I have private insurance


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02 Nov 2021, 4:48 am

medicare with private supplement. why are we only allowed to choose one????


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02 Nov 2021, 2:11 pm

I live in France, so I am not really concerned about that.