The Health Care Safety Net in a Post-Reform World

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The Health Care “Safety Net” in a Post-Reform World Critical Issues in Health and Medicine Edited by Rima D. Apple, University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Janet Golden, Rutgers University, Camden Growing criticism of the US health care system is coming from consumers, politicians, the media, activists, and health care professionals. Critical Issues in Health and Medicine is a collection of books that explores these contemporary dilemmas from a variety of perspectives, among them political, legal, historical, sociological, and comparative, and with attention to crucial dimensions such as race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, and culture. For a list of titles in the series, see the last page of the book. Rutgers University Press New Brunswick, New Jersey, and London The Health Care “Safety Net” in a Post-Reform World Edited by Mark A. Hall and Sara Rosenbaum Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The health care “safety net” in a post-reform world / edited by Mark A. Hall and Sara Rosenbaum. p. ; cm. — (Critical issues in health and medicine) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–0–8135–5305–4 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978–0–8135–5306–1 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978–0–8135–5317–7 (e-book) I. Hall, Mark A., 1955– II. Rosenbaum, Sara. III. Series: Critical issues in health and medicine. [DNLM: 1. Medically Uninsured—United States. 2. Community Health Services— economics—United States. 3. Health Care Reform—United States. 4. Hospitals, Public—economics—United States. 5. Insurance, Health—United States. 6. Medically Underserved Area—United States. W 250 AA1] 368.38⬘200973—dc23 2011037585 A British Cataloging-in-Publication record for this book is available from the British Library. Work on this book was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation through its Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research Program and its Coverage Program. Jan Lawlor and Emily Hoppes provided extensive editorial assistance. Patricia Perrier prepared the index. This collection copyright © 2012 by Rutgers, The State University Individual chapters copyright © 2012 in the names of their authors All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Please contact Rutgers University Press, 106 Somerset Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. The only exception to this prohibition is “fair use” as defined by US copyright law. Visit our website: http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu Manufactured in the United States of America To the memory of Alison Snow Jones, our colleague and friend who devoted her career and considerable passion and intellect to advancing true social and personal welfare ...