title: America's uninsured. Rethinking the problem that won't go away.
abstract: Even as the number of uninsured Americans surpasses 41 million and continues to climb, the issue is not a front-burner concern with policy-makers, the public or even many providers. Why does this seeming apathy--and political paralysis--prevail and what will it take to galvanize health care stakeholders to action?
authors.forename: Terese Hudson
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Thrall
authors.forename: Dagmara
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Scalise
mesh_terms: D000573:American Hospital Association; D001294:Attitude to Health; D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000639:trends; D006076:Government; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000191:economics; D006291:Health Policy; D006292:Health Priorities; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics; D008119:Lobbying; D017057:Medically Uninsured / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011050:Policy Making; D011639:Public Opinion; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000191:economics; D017664:Uncompensated Care / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States