ABSTRACT
The United States is a global leader in medical innovations and the amount of money spent on health care, but is one of the very few developed nations that does not guarantee its population universal access to health care across the lifespan (Fuchs, 2013; Peterson & Rachel, 2007). Thus, despite federal health care programs like the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Medicaid, Medicare, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (PPACA), health disparities and health care inequality are ever-present in the United States (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013a).
