Access To Health Care:
Promises and Prospects For Low-Income Americans

This book explores critical issues affecting access to health care for low-income Americans by assessing the importance of expansions of health coverage for the poor, the emerging challenges providers who serve low-income and uninsured populations face in a rapidly evolving health care delivery system, and the effects of these changes on particularly vulnerable populations. Articles include:

• Introduction Marsha Lillie-Blanton, Rose Marie Martinez, Barbara Lyons, Diane Rowland
• A Review Of The Nation's Progress And Challenges In Assuring Access To Health Care For Low-Income Americans Marsha Lillie-Blanton
• Children's Access To Health Care Dana C. Hughes, Kay A. Johnson, Sara Rosenbaum
• Needs of People With Chronic and Disabling Conditions Dennis McCarty, Helen J. Levine
• Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Among Low-Income Populations Constance Horgan, Dominic Hodgkin
• The "New" Health Reform and Access To Care: The Problem of the Inner City James W. Fossett, Janet D. Perloff
• The Hospital Safety Net: A Study of Inpatient Care for Non-Elderly Vulnerable Populations Darrell J. Gaskin
• Medicaid: The Transition to Managed Care Julie Hudman, Barbara Lyons, Risa Ellberger
• Section 1115 Medicaid Waivers: Charting a Path for Medicaid Managed Care Reform Sara Rosenbaum, Julie Darnell, Patricia Seliger Keenan, Lois Simon
• Insight From Oregon and Tennessee: The Influence of State Context on Medicaid Initiatives and Health Care for Low-Income Populations Marsha Gold
• Approaches to Assuring Quality Health Care Through State Contracts with Managed Care Plans Sara Rosenbaum
• Tools For Monitoring Quality for Vulnerable Populations Sue Felt-Lisk
• Directions For The Future Marsha Lillie-Blanton, Rose Marie Martinez, Barbara Lyons, Diane Rowland

• Report: Access To Health Care: Promises And Prospects For Low-Income Americans