The US Affordable Care Act: Reflections and Directions at the Close of a Decade

Overview

Journal PLoS Med

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2019 Feb 27

PMID 30807584

Citations 8

Authors

Adrianna McIntyre

Zirui Song

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Abstract

In this month's Editorial, PLOS Medicine Academic Editor Zirui Song and his colleague Adrianna McIntyre discuss outcomes and possible futures for the United States Affordable Care Act as it nears the ten year mark.

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