Keywords
health care
Abstract
While Washington has been unable to lead the way in significant health care reform, the health care system has begun to transform itself in terms of curbing skyrocketing health care costs, dealing with the more than forty million Americans who lack health care coverage, and the problems plaguing the Medicare and Medicaid systems. The search has begun for a health care model that ensures quality care to a wide population in a cost-efficient manner. This article explores how the U.S. Health care system currently functions, examines several innovative models, and suggests ways in which a decentralized, community-based approach to health care reform can address our nation’s health care crisis. Specifically, Part I examines the current system of health care financing. Part II discusses current efforts to provide community based care. Part III offers suggestions for a community-based approach to health care reform, including ways to stimulate provider volunteerism, financing mechanisms, and methods to overcome potential legal barriers to local reform efforts.
Recommended Citation
Lewis D. Solomon and Tricia Asaro,
COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH CARE: A LEGAL AND POLICY ANALYSIS ,
24 Fordham Urb. L.J. 235
(1997).
Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/ulj/vol24/iss2/2