Open AccessSick Out of Luck: The Uninsured in America
Author(s) -
Susan Starr Sered,
Rushika Fernandopulle
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
contexts
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1537-6052
pISSN - 1536-5042
DOI - 10.1525/ctx.2005.4.3.27
Subject(s) - luck , caste , health care , health insurance , patient protection and affordable care act , health equity , medicaid , economic growth , sociology , poverty , political science , gerontology , medicine , economics , law , philosophy , theology
Interviews with uninsured Americans demonstrate how making affordable health care dependent on employment is leading to fundamental changes in the nature of society. Increasing numbers of Americans enter a deadly spiral of poor health, poor jobs, and inconsistent health care. The uninsured are a new, stigmatized caste in American society.
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