Swartz focuses on how labor market changes-such as the decline of domestic manufacturing, decreased unionization, and the growth of non-standard work arrangements-have led some U.S. employers to stop providing health insurance. These trends, combined with the increasing costs of medical care, have rocketed health insurance premiums and decreased coverage.
Reinsuring Health outlines how the federal government can provide a new reinsurance program which would protect insurance companies that provide small group and individual health insurance against the possibility that their policyholders will incur very high medical expenses. By assuming some of the risk, the government will make insurers less hesitant to offer coverage to high-risk individuals, and will help drive down premiums for others.
Co-authored by HSPH Assistant Professor of Society, Human Development, and Health Karestan Koenen, the book is intended for clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, clinical social workers, researchers, graduate students, and any professional who works with adult trauma survivors.
Designed in a large, easy-to-use format, the book includes over a dozen reproducible handouts, worksheets, and other tools for clinicians and clients. The goal is to help clients manage symptoms related to past physical or sexual abuse; better cope with their emotions and build interpersonal skills; and process traumatic memories and their associated feelings of fear, shame, and loss. The approach is modular so that therapists may easily adapt guidelines to specific clients.
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