Expanding Access to Quality and Affordable Care

Across America, there are people who – for a variety of reasons – do not have health insurance. While the vast majority of consumers have health coverage through programs provided by their employers or through government programs such as Medicare, Medicaid and the SCHIP program, there are still too many people without health insurance.

This section – Expanding Access to Quality and Affordable Care – takes a closer look at the uninsured and some of the major factors affecting them.

There also is information examining the impact a shortage of nurses across America will have on current and future generations of patients. At the same time, hospitals and physicians – already facing mounting financial pressures of their own – are dealing with federal and state reductions in healthcare expenditures as government leaders strive to balance public spending budgets.

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