Policy & Politics: After insurance reform: An adequate safety net can bring us to universal coverage

Hastings Center Report

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 9-10

  Hall, Mark A ^a  

^a University of Maryland School of Law   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICIAN; SAFETY NET; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EMPATHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INSURANCE; MEDICARE; PATIENT; POLITICS; REIMBURSEMENT;

EMPATHY; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; POLITICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 70649090360     PISSN: 00930334     EISSN: 1552146X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hcr.0.0209     Document Type: Short Survey

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