Health Care Rights of the Poor: An Introduction

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This article provides an overview of the primary sources for health care, Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, and state and county indigent care programs, and examines protection of access to health care provided by the Hill-Burton program, emergency medical treatment, and civil rights.

By Michelle Melden, Michael Parks, and Laura Rosenthal From November 1991