title: The deepening crisis in U.S. health care: a review of data.
abstract: This report presents information on the state of the U.S. health system in 2010. It includes data on the uninsured and underinsured and their access to health care, on socioeconomic inequality in health care, and on the rising costs of the U.S. health system. It also presents information on the role of corporate money in health care, focusing on the pharmaceutical industry, Medicare HMOs, and corporate-government conflicts of interest. The author includes results from public opinion polls on health system reform and recent data on international health systems and international system comparisons. The article concludes with an update on the U.S. federal health reform legislation.
authors.affiliation: Physicians for a National Health Program, Chicago, IL 60602, USA. ida@pnhp.org
authors.forename: Ida
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hellander
mesh_terms: D016265:Conflict of Interest / Q000191:economics; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000191:economics; D017048:Health Care Costs; D018166:Health Care Reform; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000191:economics*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics; D011057:Politics; D014481:United States; D014798:Vital Statistics