Redoing the Health Care Quilt
| Autor: | William W. Cleveland |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
| Předmět: |
Gerontology
Canada medicine.medical_specialty Health Care Rationing Medicaid business.industry Medical Indigency Public health Child Health Services United States Turnover Health care Health insurance Medicaid Program Humans Medicine Maternal Health Services Quilt Demographic economics Comprehensive Health Care Health Expenditures Child National Health Insurance United States business Delivery of Health Care |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Diseases of Children. 145:499 |
| ISSN: | 0002-922X |
| Popis: | The current health care system of the United States, like a quilt that is tattered and full of holes, badly needs attention. The question is whether we should repair it with patches or replace it with a new quilt of whole cloth. That the system needs fixing is evident; the deficiencies have been described by abundant commentaries. The major deficiencies include those cited below. The Uninsured. —An estimated 37 million people in the United States do not have health insurance. Of these, about 12 million are children; another major segment comprises pregnant women. These numbers are estimated to have increased approximately 30% in the last decade. This reflects lack of employee coverage, particularly in small businesses, and a high rate of job turnover. It also reflects an inadequate Medicaid program that varies by state but that generally leaves a significant fraction of indigent families uncovered. The problem of uninsured children |
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