The health care Titanic: women and children first?
The plight of people who lack access to health care has captured national attention and led to a number of proposals to remedy the problem. The authors look at three types of proposals being advanced--"pro-competition" plans, "pay-or-play" plans, and a national health care system--and find that they fail to address adequately the pressing needs of two groups of the poor: women of childbearing age and elderly women.
Holland
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Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA.
Peterson
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D026689:Ethical Analysis; D028663:Ethical Theory; D005260:Female; D005381:Financing, Organized / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006291:Health Policy / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008489:Medical Indigency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D018579:Patient Selection; D037841:Pregnant People; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000191:economics; D040841:Resource Allocation; D012935:Social Justice; D014481:United States; D014932:Women's Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D014933:Women's Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence