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The Dearth Of Knowledge Of Health Insurance Literacy Within The United States, Katherine A. Conzet
The Dearth Of Knowledge Of Health Insurance Literacy Within The United States, Katherine A. Conzet
Honors Thesis
This literature review and cross-comparison were conducted to combine resources that bring to light the lack of knowledge on health insurance, the impact of this low health insurance literacy (HIL), and the lack of research being done in this subject field. This thesis analyzes and compares different research that measures HIL levels and compares these findings. At the same time, this thesis presents the complex history of health insurance and how this understanding can contribute to lower population HIL and proposes different ways to accurately measure HIL. The purpose is to show the necessity for more research into the field …