Poor families in America's health care crisis

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Angel Ronald
Group Author: Lein Laura; Henrici Jane
Published: Cambridge University Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge
Publication Dates: 2006.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xi, 254 p.: ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 052183774X (hardcover)
9780521837743 (hardcover)
0521546761 (pbk.)
9780521546768
Index Number: R199
CLC: R199.712
Call Number: R199.712/A581-1
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-238) and index.
1. The unrealized hope of welfare reform : implications for health care -- 2. The health care welfare state in America -- 3. The tattered health care safety net for poor Americans -- 4. State differences in health care policies and coverage -- 5. Work and health insurance : a tenuous tie for the working poor -- 6. Confronting the system : minority group identity and powerlessness -- 7. The nonexistent safety net for parents -- 8. Health care for all Americans