title: Report from the United States: the U.S. health crisis deepens amid rising inequality--a review of data, fall 2011.
abstract: This report presents information on the state of the U.S. health system in late 2011. The authors include data on the uninsured and the underinsured and their access to health care, socioeconomic inequality in care, the rising costs of the U.S. health system, and the role of corporate money in health care, with special reference to the pharmaceutical industry and the hospice industry. They also provide updates on Medicaid and Medicare and on the new federal health care law. Some information on health care systems elsewhere in the world is also included.
authors.affiliation: Physicians for a National Health Program, Chicago, IL 60602, USA. ida@pnhp.org
authors.forename: Ida
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hellander
authors.forename: Rohith
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bhargavan
mesh_terms: D004345:Drug Industry / Q000458:organization & administration; D018166:Health Care Reform; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics*; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000191:economics*; D006738:Hospices / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics; D017057:Medically Uninsured / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States