The Affordable Care Act : examining the facts /

The Affordable Care Act : examining the facts /

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Author / Creator:	Rawal, Purva H., author.
Imprint:	Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, ©2016.
Description:	xiv, 220 pages ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Contemporary debates Contemporary debates.
Subject:	United States. -- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Health care reform -- United States. Medical care, Cost of -- United States. Health insurance -- Law and legislation -- United States. Health Care Reform -- legislation & jurisprudence. Insurance, Health -- legislation & jurisprudence. Health care reform. Health insurance. Medical care, Cost of. United States. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10505776

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ISBN:	9781440834424 1440834423
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This is the first reference book to provide a detailed assessment of the Affordable Care Act, explaining the realities and myths surrounding one of the most divisive political struggles in recent U.S. history. Uses nonpartisan sources of information that include studies and reports to assess the claims, beliefs, and assumptions about Obamacare Draws from credible research sources--such as the Center for Disease Control and the Government Accounting Office--to question or uphold beliefs Provides an evidence-based examination of dozens of the most prominent claims about the Affordable Care Act"-- "Few laws have generated as much intense emotional and ongoing controversy as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The law is the culmination of a hundred years of debate, discussion, and attempts at offering near-universal coverage in the United States. Lessons learned from the past, fleeting political majorities, and new policy imperatives to improve quality and reduce ever-rising costs created an opportune policy window in 2009-2010 to pass one of the most expansive - and potentially impactful - pieces of social legislation in our nation's history. However, the very reasons that made health reform necessary and so difficult to pass are also the same reasons that the ACA has divided the nation - both politically and culturally"--

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