Heath Care for the Uninsured The Role of Safety Net Providers, Hearing Before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, U.S. Senate

America's safety net system is a critical factor in ensuring access to quality health care for our nation's uninsured. As of Mar. 2000, there were 44 million uninsured people, & it continues to rise at a rate of almost 3,000 people per day. Witnesses: Claude Fox, Health Resources & Serv. Admin., H& HS Dept.; Janet Heinrich, Health Financing & Public Health Issues, GAO; Thomas Dean, Horizon Health Care, on behalf of the Nat. Rural Health Care Assoc.; Bernard Simmons, SW Health Agency for Rural People; Mary Bufwack, United Neighborhood Health Serv.; Robert Taube, Boston Health Care for the Homeless; & Larry Gage, Nat. Assoc. of Public Hospital & Health Systems.Frist, Bill is the author of 'Heath Care for the Uninsured The Role of Safety Net Providers, Hearing Before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, U.S. Senate' with ISBN 9780756716622 and ISBN 0756716624.