Fiscal Accrediting Bodies
Persons without insurance have more difficulty gaining access to the health care system, especially those with chronic illnesses. The financially strapped Jackson Health System has stopped paying for dialysis treatments for 175 poor patients with failing kidneys -- a decision that experts say could be deadly.
Jackson, Miami-Dade's government health system intended to be a safety net for the poor and uninsured, said it expects to save $4.2 million by stopping payments for outpatient dialysis treatment for the 175 patients. About a third of those are undocumented immigrants, who are not eligible for government programs. In addition in recent news outlets report on the number of uninsured young adults and issues affecting the Children's Health Insurance Program. A third of young U.S. adults -- nearly 13 million people -- had no health insurance coverage in 2008, according to a government report released on Wednesday," Reuters reports.
The report reported on some major flaws in the insured population the survey of more than 9,000 people aged 20 to 29 by the National Center for Health Statistics found that 30 percent of young adults had no coverage and was almost twice as likely as adults aged 30 to 64 to be uninsured. The uninsured rates for people aged 20 to 29 are typically high because their coverage is disrupted as they move from childhood into adulthood, when they may be losing the coverage they had through their parents' insurance or have reached the age limit for coverage under a public program.
With the growing number of the insured and those that are underinsured many more clinics, and community based healthcare organizations are opening the doors for those individuals that are in need of health care or an acute basis. In an article published by Market Watch, it showed," There has been a 21 percent jump in the number of patients served nationally at health centers between midyear 2008 and midyear 2009.
Providing a growing number of newly
Jackson, Miami-Dade's government health system intended to be a safety net for the poor and uninsured, said it expects to save $4.2 million by stopping payments for outpatient dialysis treatment for the 175 patients. About a third of those are undocumented immigrants, who are not eligible for government programs. In addition in recent news outlets report on the number of uninsured young adults and issues affecting the Children's Health Insurance Program. A third of young U.S. adults -- nearly 13 million people -- had no health insurance coverage in 2008, according to a government report released on Wednesday," Reuters reports.
The report reported on some major flaws in the insured population the survey of more than 9,000 people aged 20 to 29 by the National Center for Health Statistics found that 30 percent of young adults had no coverage and was almost twice as likely as adults aged 30 to 64 to be uninsured. The uninsured rates for people aged 20 to 29 are typically high because their coverage is disrupted as they move from childhood into adulthood, when they may be losing the coverage they had through their parents' insurance or have reached the age limit for coverage under a public program.
With the growing number of the insured and those that are underinsured many more clinics, and community based healthcare organizations are opening the doors for those individuals that are in need of health care or an acute basis. In an article published by Market Watch, it showed," There has been a 21 percent jump in the number of patients served nationally at health centers between midyear 2008 and midyear 2009.
Providing a growing number of newly