title: Health care reform and the urban crisis.
abstract: As designed, the Health Security Act will be dysfunctional to those in greatest need, as the majority of the population residing in the 20th Congressional District in Texas. These have limited education, work for low wages, and live in a general state of high poverty. The author identifies specific concerns regarding the adequacy of Clinton's proposal in meeting the needs of that population, and provides a supportive analysis for McDermott's "American Health Security Act," and the possible effect that its single-payer concept may have on the people in the border state of Texas.
authors.affiliation: United States House of Representatives, USA.
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
mesh_terms: D005006:Ethnicity; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011204:Poverty Areas; D018855:Single-Payer System / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013781:Texas; D014481:United States; D014504:Urban Health