U.S. health care policy and the rising uninsured: An alternative solution

Journal of Health and Social Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1-25

  Falen, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost shifting; Health care policy; Insurance premiums; Medicare; Uninsured; Universal health care

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ADULT; AGED; CONSUMER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN; RETIREMENT; REVIEW; TAX; UNITED STATES;

COST ALLOCATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21544452744     PISSN: 08977186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J045v19n04_01     Document Type: Review

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