Poor Families in America's Health Care Crisis

ISBN-13: 9780521837743 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 272 str.

Ronald J. Angel; Laura Lein; Jane M. Henrici

Opis

This documents the holes in the health care safety net for poor and minority Americans.

Recenzje

2007 Outstanding Academic Title -- Choice Magazine

Spis treści

1. The unrealized hope of welfare reform: implications for health care; 2. The health care welfare state in America; 3. The tattered health care safety net for poor Americans; 4. State differences in health care policies and coverage; 5. Work and health insurance: a tenuous tie for the working poor; 6. Confronting the system: minority group identity and powerlessness; 7. The nonexistent safety net for parents; 8. Health care for all Americans.