America's Children: Health Insurance and Access to Care (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780309065603)

America's Children is a comprehensive, easy-to-read analysis of the relationship between health insurance and access to care. The book addresses three broad questions: How is children's health care currently financed? Does insurance equal access to care? How should the nation address the health needs of this vulnerable population?

America's Children explores the changing role of Medicaid under managed care; state-initiated and private sector children's insurance programs; specific effects of insurance status on the care children receive; and the impact of chronic medical conditions and special health care needs. It also examines the status of "safety net" health providers, including community health centers, children's hospitals, school-based health centers, and others and reviews the changing patterns of coverage and tax policy options to increase coverage of private-sector, employer-based health insurance.

In response to growing public concerns about uninsured children, last year Congress voted to provide $24 billion over five years for new state insurance initiatives. This volume will serve as a primer for concerned federal policymakers and regulators, state agency officials, health plan decisionmakers, health care providers, children's health advocates, and researchers.

Author: Institute of Medicine and National Resea,Institute of Medicine,Committee on Children Health Insurance a
ISBN-10: 0309065607
ISBN-13: 9780309065603
Publisher: National Academies Press
Language: English
Published: 11/27/1998
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.34lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.43w x 0.56d