The Affordable Care Act as a National Experiment Health Policy Innovations and Lessons

The Affordable Care Act as a National Experiment Health Policy Innovations and Lessons / edited by Harry P. Selker, June S. Wasser.

This book examines the landmark 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) from the perspective that health policy innovation is translational research directed at improving health.  It delineates a new perspective about the creation and potential impact of the ACA and guides the developm...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Selker, Harry P. (Editor), Wasser, June S. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Medicine.
Health administration.
Public health.
Health promotion.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Affordable Care Act as a National Experiment
  • Objectives of the ACA
  • Delivering on the Promise of the Affordable Care Act
  • What We Got (and What Might Have Been): A Distinctively American Approach
  • Commentary to Section II: Conducting the Experiment
  • The Affordable Care Act as an Experiment: Data We Have, Expect to Have, and Should Have, from a Vermont Pilot Study
  • The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation: Its Purpose, Processes, and Desired Outcomes
  • The Dream of a National Health Information Technology Infrastructure
  • Results from a Massachusetts Pilot Study
  • Commentary to Section III: Engaging the Public
  • The Value Proposition for Individuals and the Public
  • Messaging, Medicine, and Obamacare
  • Commentary to Section IV: From Personal to Political to Policy: What Next?
  • Supreme Court Review of the ACA and Political Gamesmanship
  • Medicaid Expansion Challenges States
  • Next Experiments in ACA Legislation and Policy
  • Epilogue.

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