The uninsured

Ch. 1. Is the lack of health insurance a serious problem in America? Children who lack health insurance are more likely to die in hospitals / Karen Pallarito

The lack of adequate health insurance is a leading cause of bankruptcies in America / ConsumerAffairs.com

The recession is increasing the number of uninsured / Nayla Kazzi

People without health insurance are not more likely to die / Megan McArdle

Most of the uninsured are young, healthy, and financially well-off / Michael D. Tanner

The majority of voters say cost, not lack of coverage, is the biggest health care problem / Rasmussen Reports

Ch. 2. Does access to health insurance improve people's health? Health insurance is important to the health and well-being of both children and adults / Institute of Medicine

Insurance coverage is strongly related to better health outcomes / Jill Bernstein, Deborah Chollet, and Stephanie Peterson

Not having health insurance increases the risk of cancer death / Walter Jessen

Health insurance and more medical care do not necessarily produce health benefits / Maggie Mahar

The lack of health care is not responsible for low US life expectancy / Ronald Bailey

High deductibles and benefit limits can diminish health care coverage, even for the insured / Drew Altman

Expanded access to health insurance is not the only tool to improve population health / Harold Pollack

Ch. 3. Should the purchase of health insurance be mandated by the government? Overview : how the individual mandate in the 2010 Health Reform Law will work / Alec MacGillis

Americans should support the individual insurance mandate because it is necessary to make health reform work / Jonathan Cohn

The individual insurance mandate in health reform is not unprecedented in American history / Maggie Mahar

An individual insurance requirement in health reform will be constitutional / Erwin Chemerinsky

The individual insurance mandate in health reform is bad public policy / Jon Walker

There are no precedents for the individual insurance mandate in the new health reform law / Julia Shaw

The Supreme Court is likely to find the individual insurance mandate unconstitutional / Randy Barnett

Ch. 4. Will the PPACA improve medical care for the uninsured? The health care reform law creates tremendous opportunities to improve the quality of US health care / Mark B. McClellan

Uninsured women will benefit greatly from the PPACA's reforms / Sara R. Collins, Sheila Rustgi, and Michelle M. Doty

Health insurance for the uninsured will improve care for all Americans / Eric B. Larson

Health care reform expands coverage in the wrong way, by sacrificing quality of care / Kathryn Nix

The PPACA will not remedy access and quality problems in cancer care / John Geyman

The history of health coverage expansion shows that it leads to runaway costs / Peter Suderman

Health care reform is a disaster for all Americans / Peter Ferrara.