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The Uninsured

This article discusses the challenges faced by uninsured children with Medicaid in accessing specialists, highlighting the underlying issues of financial suffering and rising economic inequality. It also explores racial disparities in access to kidney transplants and the unnecessary procedures performed due to a surplus of care. The variation in Medicare spending is examined, with certain regions already spending at the level of Canada.

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The Uninsured

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  1. The Uninsured

  2. Many Specialists Won’t See Kids With Medicaid Bisgaier J, Rhodes KV. N Engl J Med 2011;364:2324-2333

  3. Financial Suffering Among the INSURED

  4. High Deductible Insurance:Except for the Healthy and Wealthy, It’s Unwise

  5. Rising Economic Inequality

  6. Persistent Racial Inequalities

  7. Racial Disparity in Access to Kidney Transplants

  8. Rationing Amidst a Surplus of Care

  9. Unnecessary Procedures

  10. Fewer CABGs, But More Hospitals are Competing to Perform this Lucrative Surgery Lucas F L et al. Health Aff 2011;30:1569-1574

  11. Variation in Medicare Spending: Some Regions Already Spend at Canadian Level

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