The uninsured
By: Debra A. Miller, book editor
Series: Current controversies; Current controversies
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9780737756388; 9780737756395
Subjects: Medical care; United States; Medically uninsured persons
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-173) and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Is the lack of health insurance a serious problem in America? Children who lack health insurance are more likely to die in hospitals / Karen Pallarito; title: The lack of adequate health insurance is a leading cause of bankruptcies in America / ConsumerAffairs.com; title: The recession is increasing the number of uninsured / Nayla Kazzi; title: People without health insurance are not more likely to die / Megan McArdle; title: Most of the uninsured are young, healthy, and financially well-off / Michael D. Tanner; title: The majority of voters say cost, not lack of coverage, is the biggest health care problem / Rasmussen Reports; title: Ch. 2. Does access to health insurance improve people's health? Health insurance is important to the health and well-being of both children and adults / Institute of Medicine; title: Insurance coverage is strongly related to better health outcomes / Jill Bernstein, Deborah Chollet, and Stephanie Peterson; title: Not having health insurance increases the risk of cancer death / Walter Jessen; title: Health insurance and more medical care do not necessarily produce health benefits / Maggie Mahar; title: The lack of health care is not responsible for low US life expectancy / Ronald Bailey; title: High deductibles and benefit limits can diminish health care coverage, even for the insured / Drew Altman; title: Expanded access to health insurance is not the only tool to improve population health / Harold Pollack; title: Ch. 3. Should the purchase of health insurance be mandated by the government? Overview : how the individual mandate in the 2010 Health Reform Law will work / Alec MacGillis; title: Americans should support the individual insurance mandate because it is necessary to make health reform work / Jonathan Cohn; title: The individual insurance mandate in health reform is not unprecedented in American history / Maggie Mahar; title: An individual insurance requirement in health reform will be constitutional / Erwin Chemerinsky; title: The individual insurance mandate in health reform is bad public policy / Jon Walker; title: There are no precedents for the individual insurance mandate in the new health reform law / Julia Shaw; title: The Supreme Court is likely to find the individual insurance mandate unconstitutional / Randy Barnett; title: Ch. 4. Will the PPACA improve medical care for the uninsured? The health care reform law creates tremendous opportunities to improve the quality of US health care / Mark B. McClellan; title: Uninsured women will benefit greatly from the PPACA's reforms / Sara R. Collins, Sheila Rustgi, and Michelle M. Doty; title: Health insurance for the uninsured will improve care for all Americans / Eric B. Larson; title: Health care reform expands coverage in the wrong way, by sacrificing quality of care / Kathryn Nix; title: The PPACA will not remedy access and quality problems in cancer care / John Geyman; title: The history of health coverage expansion shows that it leads to runaway costs / Peter Suderman; title: Health care reform is a disaster for all Americans / Peter Ferrara.