Hidden Costs, Value Lost: Uninsurance in America

by Committee on the Consequences of Uninsur, Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Care Services, et al.

Hidden Cost, Value Lost, the fifth of a series of six books on the consequences of uninsurance in the United States, illustrates some of the economic and social losses to the country of maintaining so many people without health insurance. The book explores the potential economic and societal benefits that could be realized if everyone had health insurance on a continuous basis, as people over age 65 currently do with Medicare.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030908931X
• ISBN13: 9780309089319
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 9.2"