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June 1983 (Volume 61)
Quarterly Article
Karen Davis
Diane Rowland
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The increasing lack of insurance-public and private-is inversely related to ability to bear the economic consequences of ill health. With economic recession, high unemployment, and declining revenues, state and local governments cannot offset federal cutbacks. In a health care industry that is becoming an entrepreneurial business there is little room for charitable remedies.
Author(s): Karen Davis; Diane Rowland
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Volume 61, Issue 2 (pages 149–176) Published in 1983
