Poor families in America's health care crisis
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Group Author: | ; |
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Cambridge University Press,
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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 |