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A 2002 report by the Kaiser Family Foundation's Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured synthesized the major findings of the previous 25 years of health services research regarding the effects of health insurance. The major findings, as noted in an abstract on the Kaiser Family Foundation website, include:
"-- The uninsured receive less preventive care, are diagnosed at more advanced disease stages, and once diagnosed, tend to receive less therapeutic care (drugs and surgical interventions);
-- Having health insurance would reduce mortality rates for the uninsured by 10 (to) 15 percent; and
-- Better health would improve annual earnings by about 10 - 30 percent (depending on measures and specific health condition) and would increase educational attainment."
