A new era in American health care: realizing the potential of reform
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Author(s):
- Davis, Karen, author
- Contributor(s):
- Commonwealth Fund.
- Publication:
- New York, NY : Commonwealth Fund, June 2010
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Health Care Reform -- legislation & jurisprudence Health Services Accessibility -- economics Health Services Accessibility -- legislation & jurisprudence Insurance Coverage -- economics Insurance Coverage -- legislation & jurisprudence Insurance, Health -- economics Insurance, Health -- legislation & jurisprudence Risk Sharing, Financial -- economics Risk Sharing, Financial -- legislation & jurisprudence Continuity of Patient Care Medically Uninsured Patient-Centered Care Humans United States United States.
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Through a pragmatic mix of public and private financing, the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will expand health care coverage, establish health insurance exchanges with market rules that protect individuals and families, and begin to transform the health care system by encouraging greater value and efficiency through a series of payment and delivery system initiatives. In this report, Commonwealth Fund president Karen Davis outlines the key features of the new reform law, discusses who will be most helped and how, and describes the ways in which the health care system will begin to provide more patient-centered, accessible, and coordinated care to all Americans. Davis also discusses the challenges that will need to be overcome as the law's provisions are implemented over the coming months and years.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (27 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101549545 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101549545