|
|
Protecting America's Uninsured
Today, a substantial portion
of our population lacks adequate health insurance or has no
coverage at all. More than 46 million Americans are uninsured
and millions more are underinsured. U.S. medical schools and
teaching hospitals are a critical component of the national
safety net for America's millions of uninsured and underinsured,
providing countless community-based programs designed to help
working families. From wellness programs, to preventative and
primary care medicine, to health education initiatives and emergency
care, these services are essential lifelines for the uninsured
to America's health care system.
|
Select a region from the map below to
see a listing of programs for the uninsured in that
area.
Major teaching hospitals
constitute only 6 percent of the nation's hospitals.
Yet they provide nearly half of all hospital charity
care. The cost of caring for the financially disadvantaged
and uninsured borne by America's major teaching hospitals
totaled $5.86 billion in 2004.
View
Charts >>
|
|
|
Program Spotlight:
Duke
University Medical Center and Health System
The Local Access to Coordinated
Healthcare (LATCH) program is a collaborative effort
to reach uninsured Durham residents (primarily Latino
families) in their homes to educate them about their
health conditions and how they can make appropriate
use of primary care and preventive health services.
More >>
|
AAMC Principles for
the Evaluation of Proposals for the Uninsured
The AAMC has closely monitored
the issue of the nation's uninsured, and advocated for potential
solutions, for more than a decade. In February 2001, the association's
Executive Council endorsed a set of principles by which the
AAMC and its members can evaluate the potential effectiveness
of current and emerging proposals to reduce the number of Americans
without health insurance.
More >>
|
