title: . . . By a thread--a fragile, fraying safety net is everybody's problem.
abstract: With rising health insurance premiums, surging numbers of uninsured people, tighter state budgets and federal threats to cut back on Medicaid and other funding, the nation's already fragile safety net is unraveling. If you think that's a problem for public hospitals alone, think again. When the safety net frays, every hospital feels the pressure.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haugh
mesh_terms: D016361:Bankruptcy; D002017:Budgets; D005380:Financing, Government; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000639:trends; D016304:Hospitals, Private / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000191:economics* / Q000600:supply & distribution / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics; D017057:Medically Uninsured / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States