America’s Safety Net and Health Care Reform – What Lies Ahead?
December 3, 2009 This brief was written by Irwin Redlener, M.D., Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, Children's Health Fund, and Roy Grant, M.A, Children's Health Fund. To say that the current U.S. health care system is a dysfunctional and costly patchwork of employer-based insurance, private markets, public programs, and special initiatives is an understatement. Fortunately, recognition of this reality has at last made major reform of the system not only inevitable, but imminent. Even without knowing the final details of the bill that will make its way to President Barack Obama's . . .
