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This 6-page paper discusses how health care organizations and providers are managing uninsured and underinsured patients. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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come to the boiling point, with no one being able to agree on much of anything. Some people consider healthcare reform to mean universal coverage, meaning government-funded coverage, meaning socialism.
Others see it as the way in which more costs will be incurred. Still others see healthcare reform as yet another free ticket for undocumented immigrants as they attempt to
take advantage of something else the United States offers. Legislative wrangling, disruptive town hall meetings and pundits yelling at each other are
all well and good (and are mildly entertaining), but the point is that there are 46 million uninsured or underinsured in the United States for a variety of reasons. Out
of that population, close to 9 million children in the U.S. are uninsured, meaning they dont have access to regular medical care (Acosta et al, 2009). Some of these individuals
may be too poor to afford healthcare, while others employers have cut the benefit. Still others may have just lost their jobs. Some are self-employed and cant afford the high
cost of insurance. Then there are those who are willing to pay the cost, but cant get insurance because of pre-existing conditions.
The problem is that the system is broken when it comes to getting appropriate healthcare to the uninsured. Even if Congress passes the current legislation, it will be years before
it kicks in. The problem is that healthcare organizations, who are already battling financial issues in this current recession, are now taking on dealing with uninsured or underinsured individuals in
increasing numbers. This means healthcare providers are increasingly wrestling with higher interest and debt costs (Bigalke, 2009). Adding to this is that nearly half of all Americans are expected to
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