Uninsured in America : life and death in the land of opportunity / Susan Starr Sered and Rushika Fernandopulle.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Sered, Susan Starr.

Contributor:

• Fernandopulle, Rushika J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Medically uninsured persons--United States.
• Medically uninsured persons.
• Working class--Health and hygiene.
• Working class.
• Marginality, Social--Health aspects.
• Marginality, Social.
• Social classes--Health aspects.
• Social classes.
• Health insurance--Economic aspects.
• Health insurance.
• Health insurance--Social aspects.
• United States.
• Health insurance--Social aspects--United States.
• Health insurance--Economic aspects--United States.
• Health services accessibility--United States.
• Health services accessibility.
• Right to health--United States.
• Right to health.
• 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.

Medical Subjects:

• Medically Uninsured.
• United States.
• Health Care Reform.
• Insurance, Health--economics.
• Medical Assistance.
• Socioeconomic Factors.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, [2005]

Summary:

The authors paint a devastating portrait of the decline of health care in thecountry, told through the stories of various people's lives.

Contents:

• From working class to working poor: the death of industry in America's heartland
• Medicaid, welfare reform, and low-wage work in the new economy
• Family matters: divorce and domestic violence
• Who cares for the caregivers? Love as a portal into the death spiral
• The fox guarding the henhouse: work-related injuries and the vagaries of workers' compensation
• Risky business: the self-employed, small business owners, and other American entrepreneurs
• Young, sick, and part-time: the vulnerability of youth and the new American job market
• Mental health matters: a Mexican immigrant hits the bureaucratic wall
• Race matters: health care stories from black America
• Descent through the death spiral
• Moving forward.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-232) and index.

ISBN:

0520244427

OCLC:

56590977