TY - JOUR PY - 2007// TI - America's Health Care Safety Net: Revisiting The 2000 IOM Report JO - Health affairs (Project Hope) A1 - Lewin, Marion E. A1 - Baxter, R. J. SP - 1490 EP - 1494 VL - 26 IS - 5 N2 - The committee that wrote the 2000 Institute of Medicine report on the health care safety net reconvened in 2006 to reflect on the safety net from the perspective of rising numbers of uninsured and underinsured people, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, high immigration levels, and new fiscal and policy pressures on care for vulnerable populations. Safety-net providers now participate in Medicaid managed care but find it difficult to meet growing needs for specialty services, particularly mental health care and affordable prescription drugs. How current state reforms and coverage expansions will affect care for the poor and uninsured is a critical issue.

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