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The Link Between School Performance and Health Insurance: Current Research

This paper reviews published articles related to the link between health insurance and school performance and includes a list of citations on this topic. Although no studies we have found look directly at the question of whether enrollment in a health insurance program has an effect on school attendance and achievement, there are a number of studies
supporting intermediate steps that may allow us to infer that conclusion.1

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