Health Insurance is a Family Matter (Insuring health) (Paperback)

by Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance (Author)

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Product Description
(Institute of Medicine) Report from the Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance and the Board on Health Care Services. Third in a series of six reports planned on the subject. This report shows a family's chance of having an uninsured member at some point is significant and a lack of coverage can have negative effects on the uninsured child or pregnant woman. Softcover.

Book Description
Health Insurance is a Family Matter is the third of a series of six reports on the problems of uninsurance in the United Sates and addresses the impact on the family of not having health insurance. The book demonstrates that having one or more uninsured members in a family can have adverse consequences for everyone in the household and that the financial, physical, and emotional well--being of all members of a family may be adversely affected if any family member lacks coverage. It concludes with the finding that uninsured children have worse access to and use fewer health care services than children with insurance, including important preventive services that can have beneficial long-term effects.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 296 pages
• Publisher: National Academies Press; 1 edition (September 18, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0309085187
• ISBN-13: 978-0309085182
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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