THE AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ORPHANS: MARKET AND GOVERNMENT FAILURES

Health insurance is the primary means for guaranteeing access to health care. Presently, almost 46.6 million (1 in 6) Americans are uninsured. This paper is a diagnosis of the predicament facing the uninsured (orphans) who are not guaranteed access to care either by the market or government. From th...

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Published inJournal of public budgeting, accounting & financial management Vol. 19; no. 3; p. 342
Main Authors Nwagwu, Emeka, Younis, Mustafa Z, Bongyu, Moye Godwin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton Emerald Group Publishing Limited 01.10.2007
Subjects
Health care access
Health care policy
Health insurance
Insurance coverage
Uninsured people
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Summary:Health insurance is the primary means for guaranteeing access to health care. Presently, almost 46.6 million (1 in 6) Americans are uninsured. This paper is a diagnosis of the predicament facing the uninsured (orphans) who are not guaranteed access to care either by the market or government. From the perspective of the market, those who cannot afford insurance have no guarantee of care and the government has no comprehensive plan to cover its uninsured citizens. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:1096-3367
1945-1814