HEALTH CARE SAFETY NET AND HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGEAnthony T Lo SassoBruce Meyer
…Left to our own devices, we would never buy coverage for every single medical expense. The moral of the story is that government intervention has made America’s health system a mess. Unsurprisingly, many politicians say the answer it to have even more government (which is how we got ...
This report assesses how the loss of Medicaid coverage following welfare reform has influenced changes in health care systems for immigrants in four urban ... L Ku,A Freilich 被引量: 37发表: 2001年 Healthcare Markets, the Safety Net and Access to Care Among the Uninsured Escarce, Health Car...
The health centers' lifeblood is revenue received from Medicaid, the state-federal subsidized health coverage for people with low incomes or disabilities. Because they serve a higher proportion of low-income people, the federally funded centers tend to have a larger share of patients on the program...
Despite the critical safety net provided by public insurance to millions of special-needs children, an estimated 650,000 of these medically vulnerable children were uninsured in 2003. Many likely were eligible for public insurance but not enrolled. Among special-needs children, those with public and...
One of Montana's largest health clinics that serves people in poverty has cut back services and laid off workers. The retrenchment mirrors similar cuts around the country as safety-net health centers feel the effects of states purging their Medicaid roll
The health centers’ lifeblood is revenue received from Medicaid, the state-federal subsidized health coverage for people with low incomes or disabilities. Because they serve a higher proportion of low-income people, the federally funded centers tend to have a larger share of patients on the progra...
The American health care safety net is threatened due to inadequate funding in the face of increasing demand for services by virtually every segment of our society. The safety net is vital to public safety because it is the sole provider for first-line emergency care, as well as for routine...
Various groups sllll' preferred the scheme to be a safety net rather than public entitlement. Depending solely on government budget, they were unsure of financial sustainability of the scheme, Other policy components rather than providing insurance coverage, financing management reform and strengthening ...
11 Under the Agenda for Sustainable Development, universal health coverage serves as the primary vehicle for continuing and fully leveraging the momentum on health.11 The health targets of SDG 3 build on historic gains made under the MDGs (panel 1).12 The health gains during the MDG era ...