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The Uninsured in America ( BlueCross BlueShield Association January 2005)

SUMMARY: Research showing how being uninsured effects the public and who is uninsured in America. Why these Americans are uninsured, the circumstances and the problems that are presented. How to make insurance more affordable and increasing the options for health care.

TOPIC: Should the government arrange for hospitals to network to help standardize the cost of health care?

CATEGORY: Academic Research

PUBLICATION INFORMATION: National federation that is community based providing premium health care for millions of families.

AUTHOR: N/A

LOCATION: http://www.bcbs.com/about/search.jsp?query=research

ACCESSED: February 12, 2008

SUPPORT: Census Current Population Survey (CPS) of 2004; Actuarial Research Corporation (ARC); Census Bureau; State Children’s Health Insurance Program SCHIP; The Actuarial Research Corporation (ARC); Medicaid;

AUDIENCE & AGENDA: Showing how many people in the U.S. are uninsured and why they are not insured the article is almost an add for BCBS. With reasons for being uninsured ‘solved’ by the health care plans that BCBS provides the article breaks down how BCBS is part of the solution and not the problem.

USEFULNESS: Blue Cross Provides a break down the reasons people are uninsured and the cost that you pay being uninsured. The article also lists the people that are uninsured: most of which just cannot afford the coverage, one-third are children, and in some cases Americans just don’t have health insurance. One of the options that BCBS proposes for a solution for reducing the number of people uninsured is to have the government step into the solution. Blue Cross has the government come into the health field both on the state level, and as a safety net for the uninsured.

WORK CITED: http://www.bcbs.com/about/, http://www.bcbs.com/about/search.jsp?query=research