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Just Don't Get Sick : Access to Health Care in the Aftermath of Welfare Reform /

Drawing upon statistical data and in-depth interviews with over five hundred families in Oregon, Karen Seccombe and Kim Hoffman assess the ways in which welfare reform affects the well-being of adults and children who leave welfare for work. We hear of asthmatic children whose uninsured but working...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Seccombe, Karen, 1956-
Otros Autores: Hoffman, Kim A., 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Drawing upon statistical data and in-depth interviews with over five hundred families in Oregon, Karen Seccombe and Kim Hoffman assess the ways in which welfare reform affects the well-being of adults and children who leave welfare for work. We hear of asthmatic children whose uninsured but working mothers cannot obtain the preventive medicines to keep them well, and stories of pregnant women receiving little or no prenatal care who end up in emergency rooms with life-threatening conditions. Representative of poor communities nationwide, the vivid stories recounted here illuminate the critical.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (224 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780813541457