Insuring America's health : principles and recommendations / Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance, Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance.

Series:

Insuring health.

Insuring health

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health insurance--Government policy--United States.

Health insurance.

Medical policy--United States.

Medical policy.

Health services accessibility--Government policy--United States.

Health services accessibility.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

According to the Census Bureau, in 2003 more than 43 million Americans lacked health insurance. Being uninsured is associated with a range of adverse health, social, and economic consequences for individuals and their families, for the health care systems in their communities, and for the nation as a whole. This report is the sixth and final report in a series by the Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance, intended to synthesize what is known about these consequences and communicate the extent and urgency of the issue to the public. Insuring America (TM)s Health recommends principles related to universality, continuity of coverage, affordability to individuals and society, and quality of care to guide health insurance reform. These principles are based on the evidence reviewed in the committee (TM)s previous five reports and on new analyses of past and present federal, state, and local efforts to reduce uninsurance. The report also demonstrates how those principles can be used to assess policy options. The committee does not recommend a specific coverage strategy. Rather, it shows how various approaches could extend coverage and achieve certain of the committee (TM)s principles.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Lessons from previous reports

3. Eliminating uninsurance: lessons from the past and present

4. Principles to guide the extension of coverage

5. Prototypes to extend coverage: descriptions and assessments

6. Conclusions and recommendations.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610176670

9781280176678

1280176679

9780309528269

0309528267

OCLC:

923259597