Coverage Matters: Insurance and Health Care (Insuring Health) - Softcover

Institute Of Medicine; Board On Health Care Services; Committee On The Consequences Of Uninsurance

 
9780309076098: Coverage Matters: Insurance and Health Care (Insuring Health)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0309076099 ISBN 13: 9780309076098
Publisher: National Academies Press, 2001

Synopsis

Roughly 40 million Americans have no health insurance, private or public, and the number has grown steadily over the past 25 years. Who are these children, women, and men, and why do they lack coverage for essential health care services? How does the system of insurance coverage in the U.S. operate, and where does it fail? The first of six Institute of Medicine reports that will examine in detail the consequences of having a large uninsured population, Coverage Matters: Insurance and Health Care, explores the myths and realities of who is uninsured, identifies social, economic, and policy factors that contribute to the situation, and describes the likelihood faced by members of various population groups of being uninsured. It serves as a guide to a broad range of issues related to the lack of insurance coverage in America and provides background data of use to policy makers and health services researchers.

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Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance, Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine

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Publisher
National Academies Press
Publication date
2001
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0309076099
ISBN 13 
9780309076098
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
203