About $400 million of the bonds were insured by bond insurer MBIA, which guarantees timely payment of principal and interest, and several banks.
Of all patients, 45% were insured by one health insurer: AGIS [ 10].
Regarding medical insurance, 3,847 (45 %) were eligible for card A, government health insurance (public servants are eligible for this type of insurance as well as vulnerable groups of the population with incomes less than 15,000€), 940 (11 %) had private health insurance, 769 (9 %) were insured by various agencies, and the remaining patients 2,992 (35 %) were uninsured.
An equal proportion of included participants lived in rural and metropolitan areas, most were insured by the statutory health insurance, half were approved a care level of the German care insurance system, and three-quarters were female.
They were told they did not need to because the bonds were insured by one of three monoline insurance firms, FGIC, XL Capital Associates and FSA, and therefore had AAA ratings.
More than half of all patients were insured by Medicare (57%); the next largest group carried commercial insurance (30%).
Two-thirds were insured by Medicaid, or paid reduced rates, or received free treatment.
The commission cited four mortgage securities, including two deals known as Triaxx, that were insured by A.I.G.
The two jointly picked about 380,000 people who were insured by Blue Cross and used Advocate's doctors or hospitals.
The commercial banks were insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and subject to heightened regulation to ensure the safety of their deposits.
The survey did not record whether anyone was considering moving their savings to the Bank of the Bedroom Mattress, a popular option during the Great Depression, before savings were insured by the government.
