A new era in American health care: realizing the potential of reform

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
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