Front Matter -- Reviewers -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Mechanisms and Methods: Looking At the Impact of Health Insurance on Health -- 3 Effects of Health Insurance on Health -- 4 The Difference Coverage Could Make to the Health of Uninsured Adults -- A A Conceptual Framework for Evaluating the Consequences of Uninsurance: A Cascade of Effects -- B Primary Research Literature Review -- C Glossary and Acronyms -- D Estimates of Excess Mortality Among Uninsured Adults -- E Biographical Sketches -- References.