 | + Also see Health Insurance |
| + Also see Medicare/Medicaid |
| + Also see Rationing |
| + See Also Uninsured |
| Church Teaching |
 | Directive 3 (24K)
Identifies the marginalized and vulnerable
Keywords: Immigrants, Refugees, Vulnerable |
| Directive 1 (23K)
Catholic health care community |
| Directive 44 (24K)
Scope of care for mothers and children |
| Module 13 Ethical and Religious Directives (25K)
ERDs 1 & 3 |
| The Poor and Vulnerable (23K)
Pope Leo XIII on the needs of the poor and helpless |
| Article/Commentary |
| 07/10/06 Women Health Tourists Costing NHS Hospitals Millions (36K)
Wealthy persons leave their own country to access free birth facilities. |
| 08/04/06 Health Care for All?
Catholic Social Teaching and Universal Health Coverage |
| 10/28/04 2004 Health Confidence Survey
Americans evidence growing dissatisfaction with the health care system as a whole and their ability to afford quality health care in the future. Health Reporter |
| 9/08/04 Need for Home Defibrillators Questioned
Questions the appropriateness of FDA- approved non-prescription home defibrillators. The washington Post
Keywords: defibrilators |
| Access to Health Care
The long-awaited position paper [1] represents several years' work and the input of many ACP members. It is a comprehensive plan and makes valuable contributions to the current debate, particularly in the areas of insurance and tort reform. |
| Hospitals Won't Be Required to Report Illegals
The House has overwhelmingly rejected a bill that would have denied most types of emergency room care to illegal immigrants and would have required hospitals to report them to the government to be deported. The San Francisco Chronicle
Keywords: Aliens, Emergency |
| Immigrant Access to Health Benefits: A Resource Manual
This manual was written for use as a resource in conjunction with an intensive training program developed by The Access Project and the National Health Law Program. It is essentially a primer on health access for immigrants. It details and explains basic eligibility requirements for key federal and state programs and identifies issues that can be significant barriers to access to health care for immigrants and their families. |
| Navajo Nation Promised More Health Funds
HHS Secretary pledges more federal funding for health care for the Navajo Nation, where death rates outpace national averages for adults and children. MSNBC News
Keywords: Navajo |
| Paying for Health Care When You're Uninsured: How Much Support Does the Safety Net Offer
Based on a survey of 6,884 uninsured people in 18 states, the study finds that most who receive medical care have enormous difficulty affording it, even at 'safety net' institutions with a mission to provide services to poor and uninsured individuals. 60% said they needed help paying their medical bills, and nearly half (46%) reported having unpaid bills or being in debt to the facility where they received care. Almost a quarter of debters said the debts would deter them from going back to the facility for care. Getting information about financial assistance programs helped -- the more likely staff offered such information, the less likely respondents were to be in debt. However, nearly half of the respondents (48%) said that staff “never” offered such help |
| Case |
| Module 10 Access & Allocation Cases (28K)
Keywords: Cases |
 | Module 13 Access to Health Care (439K)
PowerPoint presentation 04/05/06 |
