Along with the relationship between poverty and health, is the growing recognition that universal differences in mortality and morbidity are associated with education, literacy, and income. ... Educational level is a strong covariate with health as well as poverty and employment. ...
The drawbacks of this practice should be obvious -- but the bottom line is that it is cheaper to pay a nurse practitioner to prescribe on the telephone, rather than to pay a doctor to examine the patient ("Did You Know"). ... A study done by a group of individuals and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association concludes that the subgroups of poverty stricken families and the elderly are affected most by the HMO healthcare practices. ...
Unfortunately, only a few million Americans register for services of preventative and wellness programs, and children of parents living below the poverty line only account for 8 million consumers out of 361 million.6 The current state and future of the U.S. healthcare system is a cause of concern for consumers and providers alike; reformers cannot expand coverage without sacrificing the quality of specialized care that so many Americans cherish. ...
