Remote Area Medical's Free Health Care Clinics: A Discussion with RAM CEO Jeff Eastman (January 31st)
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Listen Now Over 40 million Americans live in poverty or upwards of 14% of the population. Those living in extreme poverty number 18 million and over 5 million live in absolute poverty. The US also has the highest youth poverty rate among OECD countries. This reality is made worse by the fact the US is the only highly developed country in the world that lacks universal health care coverage. Despite passage of the ACA in 2010 that reduced the number of non-elderly uninsured from 44 million to 27 million by 2016, last week Gallup survey data indicated over the past four years seven million fewer Americans have health care insurance. This finding is not unsurprising considering the administration's ACA regulatory actions over the past two years. With a significant number of Americans impoverished and a recent decline in those covered, it is no surprise that Americans are forced to seek charity care.
Remote Area Medical's Free Health Care Clinics: A Discussion with RAM CEO Jeff Eastman (January 31st)
Remote Area Medical's Free Health Care…
Remote Area Medical's Free Health Care Clinics: A Discussion with RAM CEO Jeff Eastman (January 31st)
Listen Now Over 40 million Americans live in poverty or upwards of 14% of the population. Those living in extreme poverty number 18 million and over 5 million live in absolute poverty. The US also has the highest youth poverty rate among OECD countries. This reality is made worse by the fact the US is the only highly developed country in the world that lacks universal health care coverage. Despite passage of the ACA in 2010 that reduced the number of non-elderly uninsured from 44 million to 27 million by 2016, last week Gallup survey data indicated over the past four years seven million fewer Americans have health care insurance. This finding is not unsurprising considering the administration's ACA regulatory actions over the past two years. With a significant number of Americans impoverished and a recent decline in those covered, it is no surprise that Americans are forced to seek charity care.