"Despite spending more for health care than any other country in the world, the U. S. has a health care system that compares poorly with other advanced countries in terms of access, cost, and quality of care. With so many Americans being unable to afford essential care, this problem has reached...

"Medicaid is a big deal. It is the U.S. health insurance safety net for low-income pregnant women and children, but it also affects many people above the poverty line, including disabled people in middle-class families and aged adults who, in an unsettlingly common pattern, live working class or...

"Access to healthcare is a universal human right and universal health insurance is one of the instruments towards attainment of universal health coverage. Universal health insurance has been proven to reduce catastrophic episodes at the point of receipt of healthcare to millions of households....

Preface -- Chapter 1. Medicare: insolvency projections / Patricia A. Davis -- chapter 2. Medicare financial status: in brief / Patricia A. Davis -- chapter 3. Medicare and budget sequestration / Ryan J. Rosso and Patricia A. Davis -- chapter 4. Medicare: CMS should take actions to continue prior...