Medical Care of the Poor — A Growing Problem

作者：John K. Iglehart · 发表于：New England Journal of Medicine · 年份：1985 · DOI：10.1056/nejm198507043130134 · 被引用次数：67 · 研究领域：Healthcare Policy and Management

Mounting pressures on all levels of government to moderate the growth of their budgets and the movement to redefine medical care as an economic product rather than a social good are exacerbating the always difficult problem of financing care for people without insurance. In the face of this complicated set of forces, state governments and the hospital industry are striking out in a variety of directions in search of answers. The Reagan administration, on the other hand, is resisting any policy options that could thwart its two overriding domestic policy goals: cutting federal social spending and reducing taxes.At this . . .