President Bush's Health Care Reform Proposal: A Social Work Perspective

Economists have long criticized the inequity of our current system, which exempts employment-based insurance (EBI) from taxation and "enables" individuals with EBI "to purchase health insurance" with what amounts to "pretax income," a benefit "self-employed or unem...

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Published inHealth & social work Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 83 - 87
Main Author Gorin, Stephen H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Oxford University Press 01.05.2007
Subjects
Aging (Individuals)
Cost Indexes
Educational Change
Elections
Evaluation
Forecasts and trends
Health Care Costs
Health care expenditures
Health care policy
Health Care Reform
Health Care Services
Health Insurance
Humans
Insurance premiums
Logical Thinking
Market trend/market analysis
Medical care, Cost of
Political Issues
Politics
Presidents
Reform
Social Work
Taxes
United States
United States
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Summary:Economists have long criticized the inequity of our current system, which exempts employment-based insurance (EBI) from taxation and "enables" individuals with EBI "to purchase health insurance" with what amounts to "pretax income," a benefit "self-employed or unemployed Americans," who must buy coverage on the individual market, do not enjoy (Reinhardt, 1999, p. 124). Ali and Carrigan examine cardiovascular diseases health disparity and associated mental health comorbidity and discuss the important role social work can play in helping vulnerable populations. Harms and Talbot address the psychological consequences of road trauma on victims and consider implications for social work practice.
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Stephen H. Gorin, PhD, MSW, is professor, Social Work Department, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH 03624, and executive director, NASW New Hampshire Chapter; e-mail: sgorin@plymouth.edu.
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ISSN:0360-7283
1545-6854
DOI:10.1093/hsw/32.2.83