America’s system of employment-based health insurance has many disadvantages: it leaves many citizens without coverage; it results in great expense to taxpayers as uncompensated care is covered by federal and state government; and it either burdens companies with the expense of insurance or encourages companies to drop or limit coverage. America’s Achilles’ Heel looks at these problems and offers remedy in the form of models for universal or near-universal health care.
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America’s Achilles Heel: Job-Based Health Coverage and the Uninsured
America’s system of employment-based health insurance has many disadvantages: it leaves many citizens without coverage; it results in great expense to taxpayers as uncompensated care is covered by federal and state government; and it either burdens companies with the expense of insurance or encourages companies to drop or limit coverage. America’s Achilles’ Heel looks at these problems and offers remedy in the form of models for universal or near-universal health care.
Tags: insurance, heath care