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- Title
Insure Everyone Now, Urges IOM.
- Authors
Vastag, Brian
- Abstract
Reports on the findings of the Institute of Medicine's three year study into health insurance in the United States. 43 million U.S. residents under the age of 65 who are without health insurance; Finding that those without insurance suffer worse health and earlier death; Belief that 18,000 deaths per year are directly attributable to a lack of insurance; Community effects due to the uninsured which include the overcrowding of emergency departments and a decay of the public health infrastructure; Five principles by which to judge proposed health plans; Belief that universal coverage should be a national goal.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MEDICALLY uninsured persons; PUBLIC health; DEATH rate; HEALTH policy; HEALTH insurance
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2004, Vol 291, Issue 6, p681
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.291.6.681