Documents should be ordered directly from the publisher or distributor indicated. The National Center for Children in Poverty maintains an interdisciplinary library and bibliographic database about children's overall well-being and child poverty issues. For further information about library and information resources contact Carole Oshinsky, the Center's Information Resources Coordinator. A bipartisan group of 34 elected officials, administration representatives, business leaders, and children's advocates appointed by the President and Congress prepared this highly publicized report, which evaluates the status of U.S. children and families and proposes new directions for policy and program development based on enhancing family values and improving interventions. Other strategies to enhance family income include increased child support enforcement and a demonstration to test an assured child support benefit.
Appendices contain detailed cost and income projections based on the program and policy proposals.
This special issue presents 13 broad-based proposals to reform the American health care system. The diverse proposals by leading policy analysts explore various approaches to expanding health insurance, containing costs, reducing non-monetary barriers to access, and eliminating disparities in access and quality of care among racial and ethnic groups. For purposes of comparison, the issue also describes and analyzes existing health insurance systems in The Netherlands, Federal Republic of Germany, and Canada. Caring for the uninsured and underinsured, a compendium from the specialty journals of the American Medical Association. This is a separate volume containing 52 additional articles simultaneously published in the May 1991 issues of nine specialized journals.