Falling through the Safety Net: Insurance Status and Access to Health Care [Hardcover]

Dr. Joel S. Weissman PhD (Author), Dr. Arnold M. Epstein MD MA (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1994 | ISBN-10: 0801848652 | ISBN-13: 978-0801848650 | Edition: 1

Insurance coverage--its availability, cost, and impact on the medical care that Americans receive--is at the center of the national debate on health care reform. In Falling through the Safety Net Joel Weissman and Arnold Epstein, the latter domestic policy advisor for health care to the Clinton administration, offer a timely look at how insurance status affects a person's health and use of health services--and explain why the current system is in desperate need of reform.

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"This book should provoke researchers and policy makers to think in a broad context about ways we can make health care more accessible and seek ways we can eliminate the problem of people being uninsured."--from the Foreword, by Hillary Rodham Clinton

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Although this book was originally written in 1994, the same problems that inspired the authors still exist and in some measure have been exacerbated. Insurance coverage, its availability, cost, and impact on the medical care Americans receive are still at the center of the national debate on health care reform. Weissman and Epstein offer a look at how insurance status affects a person's health and use of health services and explain why the system is in desperate need of reform. By examining access to health care according to the type -- or the lack -- of insurance, they show how the source of medical payment has a substantial influence on the amount, location, and quality of care received in the U.S. health system. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press; 1 edition (May 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0801848652
• ISBN-13: 978-0801848650
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,556,407 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE MOST INFORMATIVE BOOK OF THE DECADE!, January 17, 2001

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This review is from: Falling through the Safety Net: Insurance Status and Access to Health Care (Hardcover)

This book is the most informative look at health care that I have ever read. It studies the most piercing issues of our time, in an easy-to-read format. Anyone who has any interest in America's health care system should buy this book! Read it, and then recommend it to your friends. I am sure that you will love Falling Through The Safety Net, and when you finish you will be a more informed citizen. Buy this book!

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Non-objective review, November 29, 2002

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This review is from: Falling through the Safety Net: Insurance Status and Access to Health Care (Paperback)

The first review above of this book is clearly written by someone who knows the author. It may be good, it may be bad, but don't use this review as a guide.