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The U.S. Healthcare System: The Political And Personal Perspective, Sofia Gabirelle Seckler
The U.S. Healthcare System: The Political And Personal Perspective, Sofia Gabirelle Seckler
Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All
A large proportion of American adults lack health insurance, due to job loss and a wide variety of other issues. With the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and the Supreme Court decision affirming its constitutional legality, the availability of healthcare is set to increase in the near future. This honors thesis addresses the fit, or lack of fit, between the ACA provisions and the needs of the currently uninsured. My study involved ten interviews with patients at a free clinic for the uninsured in Syracuse, NY, and an interview with the Commissioner of Health from Onondaga County. For …