Poor families in America's health care crisis
By: Ronald J. Angel, Laura Lein, Jane Henrici
Contributors: Lein, Laura; Henrici, Jane
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780521546768
Subjects: Poor; Health insurance; Economics; Government policy; Finance; Medically Uninsured; Health Services Accessibility; Health Insurance; Health services accessibility; Poverty; Medical care; Equality; Public Policy; Medically uninsured persons; Right to health
Description: 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, and irregular health care that women and children suffer as a result. Extensive poverty, the increasing proportion of minority households, and the growing dependence on insecure service sector work all influence access to health care for families at the economic margin. -- from publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-238) and index.