Browsing W&L Shepherd Program for the Interdisciplinary Study of Poverty and Human Capability by Subject "Health insurance"
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The 2006 Massachusetts Health Reform Act: Can a Politically and Economically Feasible Health Care Plan Establish a Just Distribution of Health Care for the Poor?
This essay considers whether the Massachusetts Health Reform Act ("Massachusetts Act" or "Act") can solve the problem of health insurance for the poor and near poor? In coming to a conclusion, this essay will focus on ... -
[Access to Health Insurance]
To isolate and examine the consequences of insurance coverage, we can study how insurance impacts a patient's access to medical information and treatment. Although we most often think of medicine in terms of intervention ... -
Can Universal Insurance Ensure Access to Healthcare?
. . . providing health insurance does not ensure equitable access to care. Moreover, all health insurance programs are not alike and the minimal packages may not suffice. There are several types of access problems, including ... -
The Case for Low-Income Women's Access to Reproductive Health Care
Regardless of conservative lawmakers' moral and religious justifications, American society cannot afford to restrict low-income women's independence, economic opportunity, health, and ability to plan for pregnancy by ... -
CHIP: Virginia's Approach to Child Health Care
This paper explores the foundation and importance of CHIP [Comprehensive Health Investment Project] and evaluates it in terms of its cost and benefits. CHIP provides many services beyond what is already being provided by ... -
Disadvantaged from Birth: Low Birth Weight and Socioeconomic Class
This paper looks into both the causes of LBW [low birth weight] and its consequences on the physical and cognitive development of children and their resilience. It investigates how socioeconomic class can be involved in ... -
Discrediting Neo-Liberalism: The Social Democratic Welfare State Of The Netherlands
This essay explores how the welfare state has managed to prosper in spite of conventional economic "wisdom". Unlike the United States, which has followed neo-liberal economic policies at the expense of the highest rates ... -
Health, Wealth and Poverty: Why the U.S. Needs Universal Healthcare
Among industrialized nations, twenty-eight of the twenty-nine cited by the World Health Organiztion have some form of universal healthcare. The exception is the United States. Poor people are the most likely to be uninsured ... -
[Healthcare Policy Reforms for the Uninsured and Underinsured]
Contemporary means of healthcare for both the uninsured and underinsured lead to insufficient access to medical resources and disproportionately poor health outcomes for both groups. Current obstacles to access include ... -
Homelessness and Health: Moving Beyond Health Care
A close look at the homeless reveals that social determinants and the failure to meet the broadly defined list of health needs play a central role in the health of every individual. First, I identify the problems faced by ... -
Immigrants and Health Care
This paper seeks to investigate health care related issues for immigrants in the United States, but in particular for the undocumented immigrant population, with a focus on Hispanic immigrants. Because of the inherent ... -
"They've all come to look for America": Refugee Resettlement and Employment in the United States
The current system strives to ensure that refugees are economically self-sufficient: that they are able to pay bills when their cash grants run out after the first few months. This goal, which is set by the federal government, ... -
US and Norwegian Healthcare Systems
Healthcare is a subject of profound importance and fierce debate in the United States. It is clear that the system is far from perfect. The United States spends a higher percentage of its GDP on healthcare than any other ...