Poor Families in America's Health Care Crisis

Name: Poor Families in America's Health Care Crisis
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ISBN: 9780521546768

ISBN-10: 0521546761

ISBN-13: 9780521546768

Edition: 2006

Authors: Ronald J. Angel, Laura Lein, Jane M. Henrici

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Poor Families in America's Health Care Crisis examines the implications of the fragmented and two-tiered health insurance system in the United States for the health care access of low-income families. For a large fraction of Americans their jobs do not provide health insurance or other benefits and although government programs are available for children, adults without private health care coverage have few options. Detailed ethnographic and survey data from selected low-income neighborhoods in Boston, Chicago, and San Antonio document the lapses in medical coverage that poor families experience and reveal the extent of untreated medical conditions, delayed treatment, medical indebtedness,…

Book details

List price: $32.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/29/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.94" wide x 8.98" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Laura Lein is Professor of Social Work and Anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin.



Preface



The Unrealized Hope of Welfare Reform: Implications for Health Care



The Health Care Welfare State in America



The Tattered Health Care Safety Net for Poor Americans



State Differences in Health Care Policies and Coverage



Work and Health Insurance: A Tenuous Tie for the Working Poor



Confronting the System: Minority Group Identity and Powerlessness



The Nonexistent Safety Net for Parents



Health Care for All Americans


References


Index