Just Don't Get Sick

Access to Health Care in the Aftermath of Welfare Reform

AvKaren Seccombe,Kim A. Hoffman

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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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 in transition are typically able to secure provide few benefits yet often disqualify employees from receiving federal aid.Drawing upon statistical data and in-depth interviews with over five hundred families in Oregon, Karen Seccombe and Kim Hoffman assess the ways in which welfare reform affects the well-being of adults and children who leave the program for work. We hear of asthmatic children whose uninsured but working mothers cannot obtain the preventive medicines to keep them well, and stories of pregnant women receiving little or no prenatal care who end up in emergency rooms with life-threatening conditions.Representative of poor communities nationwide, the vivid stories recounted here illuminate the critical relationship between health insurance coverage and the ability to transition from welfare to work.

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Utgivningsdatum:2007-08-20
Mått:152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt:312 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Critical Issues in Health and Medicine
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Rutgers University Press
ISBN:9780813540917

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Karen Seccombe is a professor at the School of Community Health at Portland State University. Kim Hoffman is a Ph.D. candidate in the College of Urban Studies and Planning at Portland State University.