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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: A Dissenting Opinion

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This paper asks whether the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act achieves its goals of significantly expanding health insurance coverage, while reducing costs and increasing the quality of the care provided. An examination of the early results and current future projections suggests that while PPACA will increase the number of Americans with health insurance, it will fall significantly short of universal coverage. In addition, PPACA fails to control health care costs, and will likely result in higher costs for government, as well as many businesses, and individuals. The author concludes that PPACA is not the most effective vehicle for achieving US health care reform, and that a more market-oriented approach offers a better alternative. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013

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  • Michael Tanner, 2013. "The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: A Dissenting Opinion," Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Springer, vol. 34(1), pages 3-15, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jfamec:v:34:y:2013:i:1:p:3-15
    DOI: 10.1007/s10834-013-9350-7
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