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When Worlds Collide: Medicine, Business, the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Health Care in the U.S.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Andrew C. Wicks  and
Adrian A. C. Keevil
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Many observers claim that business has become a powerful force in medicine and that the future of health care cannot escape that reality, even though some scholars lament it. The U.S. recently experienced the most devastating recession since the Great Depression. As health care costs rise, we face additional pressure to rein in health care spending. We also have important new legislation that could well mark a significant shift in how health care is provided and who has access to care, namely the Affordable Care Act (ACA). These changes underscore the need to bring new thinking to the conversation about health care and to move beyond conceptual and practical obstacles that inhibit our progress.

In this paper we do not to claim to have solutions. Rather, our aim is to try to identify some obstacles to fostering a better conversation about the future of health care and to envisioning a better health care system.

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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 42 , Issue 4 , Winter 2014 , pp. 420 - 430
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2014

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