A Call for Action: Executive SummaryU.S. Government Printing Office, 1990 - 18 pages |
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... increasing numbers at risk of exclusion : • Uninsured pregnant women , without the re- sources to seek prenatal care ; • Workers who are ill , with preexisting conditions that may cost them their health insurance if they change jobs ...
... increasing numbers at risk of exclusion : • Uninsured pregnant women , without the re- sources to seek prenatal care ; • Workers who are ill , with preexisting conditions that may cost them their health insurance if they change jobs ...
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... increases , the weight of financing care for those without adequate coverage is under- mining the stability of our health institutions . Even for the majority , the explosive growth in health care costs is steadily eroding the private ...
... increases , the weight of financing care for those without adequate coverage is under- mining the stability of our health institutions . Even for the majority , the explosive growth in health care costs is steadily eroding the private ...
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... increase their income eligibility levels to keep pace with infla- tion , Medicaid programs are covering smaller propor- tions of the poor . Even recent congressional efforts to expand coverage for pregnant women and young chil- dren ...
... increase their income eligibility levels to keep pace with infla- tion , Medicaid programs are covering smaller propor- tions of the poor . Even recent congressional efforts to expand coverage for pregnant women and young chil- dren ...
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... increasing risk of joining the ranks of the uninsured . " Health insurance is supposed to be a bridge to security ... increases not only impede efforts to improve access to health care. 5 Financing Care for the Uninsured Is Health Care ...
... increasing risk of joining the ranks of the uninsured . " Health insurance is supposed to be a bridge to security ... increases not only impede efforts to improve access to health care. 5 Financing Care for the Uninsured Is Health Care ...
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... increase the strength and flexibility of our health care system . In order to act now , as we must , the Commission recommends that we build upon and strengthen the existing system of job - based and public coverage to create universal ...
... increase the strength and flexibility of our health care system . In order to act now , as we must , the Commission recommends that we build upon and strengthen the existing system of job - based and public coverage to create universal ...
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