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Proposed: a comprehensive health care system for the poor. 1989

L B Russell

More than half the poor are not covered by Medicaid, the program designed to serve them. Louise Russell outlines a program that would make health care available to all of the poor.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009313	National Health Programs	Components of a national health care system which administer specific services, e.g., national health insurance.	National Health Insurance, Non-U.S.,Health Services, National,National Health Insurance,National Health Insurance, Non U.S.,National Health Services,Services, National Health,Health Insurance, National,Health Program, National,Health Programs, National,Health Service, National,Insurance, National Health,National Health Program,National Health Service,Program, National Health,Programs, National Health,Service, National Health
D011203	Poverty	A situation in which the level of living of an individual, family, or group is below the standard of the community. It is often related to a specific income level.	Federal Poverty Level,Federal Poverty Threshold,Indigency,Low-Income Population,Absolute Poverty,Extreme Poverty,Indigents,Low Income Population,Federal Poverty Levels,Indigent,Level, Federal Poverty,Low Income Populations,Low-Income Populations,Population, Low Income,Population, Low-Income,Poverty Level, Federal,Poverty Threshold, Federal,Poverty, Absolute,Poverty, Extreme
D003191	Comprehensive Health Care	Providing for the full range of personal health services for diagnosis, treatment, follow-up and rehabilitation of patients.	Comprehensive Healthcare,Health Care, Comprehensive,Healthcare, Comprehensive
D014481	United States	A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.