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Understanding Health Care Reform
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Bridging the Gap Between Myth and Reality
Understanding Health Care Reform
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Understanding Health Care Reform book
Bridging the Gap Between Myth and Reality
ByMD, PhD, Arthur M. Feldman
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2011
eBook Published 14 December 2011
Pub. Location New York
Imprint Productivity Press
Pages 222
eBook ISBN 9780429251818
Subjects Economics, Finance, Business & Industry
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Feldman, M.P.A.M. (2011). Understanding Health Care Reform: Bridging the Gap Between Myth and Reality (1st ed.). Productivity Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/b11303
ABSTRACT
After nearly a year of debate, in March 2010, Congress passed and the president signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to reform the U.S. health care system. The most significant social legislation since the civil rights legislation and the creation of Medicare and Medicaid, the bill‘s passage has been met with great controversy. Pol
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction. Reforming the Private Insurance Industry. How Will Health Care Reform Affect the Medicare and Medicaid Populations? Can We Lower Health Care Costs by Eliminating Waste? The Role of Disease Prevention in Health Care Reform. How Will Health Care Reform Affect the Medically Underserved and the Safety Net Hospitals That Care for Them? How Can We Improve the Quality of Care in the United States? Will There Be Enough Doctors to Care for 35 Million New Patients? Can Research Guide Us to Improved Care at Lower Costs? How Will Health Care Reform Change the Way We Practice Medicine? Will We Ever See Tort Reform in the United States? Conclusion. Index.
