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Health and hygiene, Medically uninsured persons, Health services accessibility, Social classes, Health insurance, Social Marginality, Working class, Right to health, Social classes, united states, Marginality, social, Working class, united states, Personnes non assurees (Assurance-maladie), Assurance-maladie privee, Aspect social, Aspect economique, Sante?, Services de, Accessibilite?, Droit a? la sante?, Classes sociales, Aspect sanitaire, Exclusion sociale, Hygiene industrielle, Ziektekostenverzekering, MarginaliteitPlaces
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Uninsured in America: life and death in the land of opportunity
2007, University of California Press
in English
- [2007 ed.], Updated with a new afterword.
0520250060 9780520250062
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Table of Contents
Prologue : Loretta and Greg's story
Introduction : the death spiral
From working class to working poor : the death of industry in America's heartland
Medicaid, welfare reform, and low-wage work in the new economy
Family matters : divorce and domestic violence
Who cares for the caregivers? : love as a portal into the death spiral
The fox guarding the henhouse : work-related injuries and the vagaries of Workers' Compensation
Risky business : the self-employed, small business owners, and other American entrepreneurs
Young, sick, and part-time : the vulnerability of youth and the new American job market
Mental health matters : a Mexican immigrant hits the bureaucratic wall
Race matters : health care stories from Black America
Descent through the death spiral
Moving forward
Afterword : several years later
Appendix 1: A primer on the U.S. health care system and the safety net
Appendix 2: Resources for health care.
Edition Notes
Originally published: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-255) and index.
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