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Volume 356:315-316 January 18, 2007 Number 3
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Reinsuring Health: Why More Middle-Class People Are Uninsured and What Government Can Do

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By Katherine Swartz. 203 pp. New York, Russell Sage Foundation, 2006. $24.95. ISBN 978-0-87154-787-3.

Most of us know someone like Paul (a pseudonym). He has a master's degree in computer science and works as a contract employee for a large software company. He has a good job and earns a decent salary. But like many other college-educated, full-time working Americans — such as sports broadcasters, university adjunct faculty, and technical writers — Paul doesn't have health insurance. Using engaging descriptions of individual situations, including Paul's, and careful analysis of data, Katherine Swartz draws attention to the problematic and growing prevalence of the uninsured in the middle class. The centerpiece of her book is a . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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