Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-238) and index.
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 The Unrealized Hope of Welfare Reform; 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; 6 Confronting the System; 7 The Nonexistent Safety Net for Parents; 8 Health Care for All Americans; References; Index.
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This draws on extensive ethnographic and survey data from low-income neighborhoods in Boston, Chicago, and San Antonio to document the lapses in medical coverage that poor families experience and to reveal the extent of untreated medical conditions, delayed treatment, and irregular health care that women and children suffer.
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Poor families in America's health care crisis.
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Equality-- Health aspects-- United States.
Health insurance-- United States-- Finance.
Health services accessibility-- Economic aspects-- United States.
Medically uninsured persons-- Medical care-- United States-- Finance.
Poor-- Medical care-- Government policy-- United States.