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The Uninsured

This article explores the impact of lacking adequate health insurance on access to healthcare, health outcomes, and financial stability, addressing disparities and rising economic inequality. It highlights the consequences of for-profit healthcare institutions on costs and quality of care.

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The Uninsured

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  1. The Uninsured

  2. Medicaid:Poor Access, But Better Than Nothing

  3. Many Specialists Won’t See Kids With Medicaid Bisgaier J, Rhodes KV. N Engl J Med 2011;364:2324-2333

  4. UnderinsuranceImpedes Access, Worsens Health, Bankrupts Families

  5. Medication Co-pays Increased Post-MI Vascular Events in Minorities – An RCT Co-Pay Group Free Med Group Source: Health Aff 2014:33:863

  6. Rising Economic and Health Inequality

  7. Rising Mortality For US Non-Hispanic Whites, 45-54 Source: Case & Deaton, PNAS 2016

  8. Persistent Racial Inequalities

  9. Administrative Overhead Rising

  10. Investor-Owned Care:Inflated Costs, Inferior Quality

  11. For-Profit Hospitals’ Death Rates are 2% Higher Source: CMAJ 2002;166:1399

  12. For-Profit Hospitals Cost 19% More Source: CMAJ 2004;170:1817

  13. For-Profit Dialysis Clinics’ Death Rates are 9% Higher Source: JAMA 2002;288:2449

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