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Over 43 million U.S. residents, nearly one in six Americans under the age of 65, lack health coverage. With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Institute of Medicine completed a three-year, comprehensive study of Uninsurance and its implications for uninsured individuals, their families, their communities, and the nation.
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Insuring America's Health: Principles and Recommendations
Consensus
·2004
According to the Census Bureau, in 2003 more than 43 million Americans lacked health insurance. Being uninsured is associated with a range of adverse health, social, and economic consequences for individuals and their families, for the health care systems in their communities, and for the nation as...
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