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  2. Poverty in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Poverty guidelines are also referred to as the "federal poverty level" (FPL), but the HHS discourages that term as ambiguous. Supplemental Poverty Measure. In 1990, a Congressional committee requested the National Research Council (NRC) to conduct a study on revising the poverty measure.

  3. Social determinants of health in poverty - Wikipedia

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    According to US HHS, "In 2009, children 6–17 years of age were more likely to be uninsured than younger children, and children with a family income below 200% of the poverty level were more likely to be uninsured than children in higher-income families."

  4. Poverty threshold - Wikipedia

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    Poverty threshold. Graph of global population living on under 1, 1.25 and 2 equivalent of 2005 US dollars daily (red) and as a proportion of world population (blue) based on 1981–2008 World Bank data [] Poverty thresholds for 2013. The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline [1] is the minimum level of income deemed ...

  5. What Income Is Considered Poverty Level in Texas in 2023? - AOL

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    The federal government measures poverty by comparing a household's income to a set poverty threshold or minimum amount of income needed to cover basic needs. ... the HHS took the 2021 Census ...

  6. 2023 Medicaid Eligibility: Income, Requirements, and More

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    The limit in most cases is 138% of the federal poverty level (FPL). This percentage varies by state, ranging from 0% for adults who aren’t parents, to as high as 221% for parents with a family ...

  7. What Are Health Equality and Equity, and Why Do They Matter?

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    The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) defines health equity as reaching “the highest level of health for all people.” It means giving everyone the support they need to access the ...

  8. United States Department of Health and Human Services

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    The United States Department of Health and Human Services ( HHS) is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the U.S. federal government created to protect the health of the U.S. people and providing essential human services. Its motto is "Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America". [3]

  9. Federally Qualified Health Center - Wikipedia

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    The data collected via the Uniform Data System (UDS) reports that of those patients served, 62 percent were members of a racial or ethnic minority (predominantly Hispanic), 93 percent lived at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level, 72 percent lived at or below 100 percent of the federal poverty level, and 38 percent were uninsured.