The Healthcare Law Review: USA
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-6-2022
ISBN
978-1-80449-100-3
Publisher
Law Business Research Ltd
Language
en-US
Abstract
The US healthcare industry remains at a crossroads. The healthcare reform legislation passed under President Barack Obama in 2010, officially called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) but widely referred to in the United States as 'Obamacare', resulted in significant changes in the US healthcare system. These changes included a dramatic expansion in the number of insured patients, contributing to increased demand for services. Many of these newly insured are covered by the joint state-federal Medicaid programme, which generally covers low-income patients as an entitlement programme, and reimburses at the lowest rates in most markets. After four years of Donald J Trump as US President and Republican control of Congress, his promise to 'repeal and replace' the ACA legislation failed both in the legislature and the courts.
Recommended Citation
Lawrence Vernaglia, Olivia R. King, Stephanie J. Schwartz & Ilana Meyer,
The Healthcare Law Review: USA
,
in
The Healthcare Law Review
(2022).
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