Donated Care Programs: A Stopgap Measure or a Long-Run Alternative to Health Insurance?

In the absence of broad federal health care reform, interest has grown in local solutions to the problem of providing health care to the uninsured. Community-based donated medical care models have emerged as one alternative. We examine the early experience of a donated care program in southern Maine...

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Published inJournal of health care for the poor and underserved Vol. 16; no. 3; pp. 421 - 429
Main Authors Kullgren, Jeffrey T, Taylor, Erin Fries, McLaughlin, Catherine G
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Johns Hopkins University Press 01.08.2005
Subjects
Adult
Costs
Delivery of Health Care - economics
Delivery of Health Care - organization & administration
Donations
Female
Health care
Health care access
Health insurance
Health policy
Health Services Accessibility
Humans
Insurance, Health
Maine
Male
Medical sector
Medical service
Medically Uninsured
Organizational Case Studies
Uncompensated Care
Uninsured people
Uninsured persons
United States
Maine
United States > US
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Summary:In the absence of broad federal health care reform, interest has grown in local solutions to the problem of providing health care to the uninsured. Community-based donated medical care models have emerged as one alternative. We examine the early experience of a donated care program in southern Maine called CarePartners. Although such programs are often viewed as a short-term solution for those temporarily without health insurance, we find that CarePartners served a different role for many individuals. While clearly a stopgap measure for some enrollees, CarePartners appears to be a longer-term means for getting access to care for most enrollees.
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ISSN:1049-2089
1548-6869
1548-6869
DOI:10.1353/hpu.2005.0053