ONLINE CONTINUING ED CHRONICLE: JAN 2004 -- THE UNINSURED - PART 1

Course overview

OBJECTIVE 1. Explain the financial / social consequences of uninsurance on society and describe the potential economic and societal benefits to be realized if everyone had health insurance on a continuous basis OUTLINE ARTICLE 1: Hidden Costs, Value Lost: Uninsurance in America ARTICLE 2: A Shared Destiny: Community Effects of Uninsurance ARTICLE 3: Census Bureau - Health Insurance Coverage 2002 ARTICLE 4: How Much Medical Care Do The Uninsured Use and Who Pays For It? by Jack Hadley and John Holahan ARTICLE 5: FYI: Medicare's Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments