This brief describes rates of health care coverage for married and single parent families with children under age 18, a … key target of marriage and health coverage initiatives. Drawing on nationally representative data from the Current … Population Survey (March 2004), the brief reports differences in rates of coverage by marital status among families with children …

access to health coverage. Workers whose employers offer them health coverage but pay their premiums after taxes could … benefit from policies expanding use of Section 125, which makes offered coverage more affordable. Despite advantages for …