Just Don't Get Sick : : Access to Health Care in the Aftermath of Welfare Reform / / Kim A. Hoffman, Karen Seccombe.

The ability to obtain health care is fundamental to the security, stability, and well-being of poor families. Government-sponsored programs provide temporary support, but as families leave welfare for work, they find themselves without access to coverage or care. The low-wage jobs that individuals i...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2007]
©2007
Year of Publication:2007
Language:English
Series:Critical Issues in Health and Medicine
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Health Status and Health Changes
  • Chapter 3. Insurance Coverage
  • Chapter 4. Other Access and Barriers to Health Care
  • Chapter 5. Do Families Get the Health Care They Need?
  • Chapter 6. Worry, Planning, and Coping
  • Chapter 7. Facing Reality
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author