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Uninsured in America : life and death in the land of opportunity
- Title
- Uninsured in America : life and death in the land of opportunity / Susan Starr Sered and Rushika Fernandopulle.
- Author
- Sered, Susan Starr.
- Publication
- Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, [2005], ©2005.
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- Additional Authors
- Fernandopulle, Rushika J.
- Description
- xxiii, 247 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Uninsured in America goes beyond the headlines to understand the experiences of the more than 40 million Americans who are without health insurance. The vivid and moving stories told in the book demonstrate that the current structure of our health care system brings us all potentially one illness, one family crisis, one pink slip away from sliding into a lethal vortex of ill health, medical debt, and marginal employability. Based on interviews with 120 uninsured men and women and with dozens of medical providers, policy makers, and advocates from around the nation, this book shows that all too often, the consequences of being uninsured involve unnecessary deaths, untreated disease, slipshod care for chronic illness, medical debt and bankruptcy, and the need to resort to alcohol in lieu of effective medical management of pain."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Medically uninsured persons > United States
- Health insurance > Social aspects > United States
- Health insurance > Economic aspects > United States
- Health services accessibility > United States
- Right to health > United States
- Social classes > Health aspects > United States
- Marginality, Social > Health aspects > United States
- Working class > Health and hygiene > United States
- Medically Uninsured
- Health Care Reform
- Insurance, Health > economics
- Medical Assistance
- Socioeconomic Factors
- Personnes non assurées (Assurance-maladie) > États-Unis
- Assurance-maladie > Aspect social > États-Unis
- Assurance-maladie > Aspect économique > États-Unis
- Santé, Services de > Accessibilité > États-Unis
- Droit à la santé > États-Unis
- Classes sociales > Aspect sanitaire > États-Unis
- Marginalité > États-Unis
- Travailleurs > Santé et hygiène > États-Unis
- United States
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-232) and index.
- Contents
- Prologue : Loretta and Greg's story -- Introduction : the death spiral -- 1. From working class to working poor : the death of industry in America's heartland -- 2. Medicaid, welfare reform, and low-wage work in the new economy -- 3. Family matters : divorce and domestic violence -- 4. Who cares for the caregivers? : love as a portal into the death spiral -- 5. The fox guarding the henhouse : work-related injuries and the vagaries of workers' compensation -- 6. Risky business : the self-employed, small business owners, and other American entrepreneurs -- 7. Young, sick, and part-time : the vulnerability of youth and the new American job market -- 8. Mental health matters : a Mexican immigrant hits the bureaucratic wall -- 9. Race matters : health care stories from Black America -- 10. Descent through the death spiral -- 11. Moving forward -- App. 1. A primer on the U.S. health care system and the safety net.
- ISBN
- 0520244427 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2004022033
- OCLC
- ocm56590977
- SCSB-5237154
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries