Findings from J.P. Geyman and Co-Authors Update Knowledge of Affordable Care Act (A Five-Year Assessment of the Affordable Care Act: Market Forces…

Findings from J.P. Geyman and Co-Authors Update Knowledge of Affordable Care Act (A Five-Year Assessment of the Affordable Care Act: Market Forces Still Trump the Common Good in US Health Care)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest -- Fresh data on Affordable Care Act are presented in a new report. According to news reporting originating in Friday Harbor, Washington, by NewsRx editors, the research stated, "The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was enacted in 2010 as the signature domestic achievement of the Obama presidency. It was intended to contain costs and achieve near-universal access to affordable health care of improved quality."

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research, "Now, five years later, it is time to assess its track record. This article compares the goals and claims of the ACA with its actual experience in the areas of access, costs, affordability, and quality of care. Based on the evidence, one has to conclude that containment of health care costs is nowhere in sight, that more than 37 million Americans will still be uninsured when the ACA is fully implemented in 2019, that many more millions will be underinsured, and that profiteering will still dominate the culture of U.S. health care. More fundamental reform will be needed. The country still needs to confront the challenge that our for-profit health insurance industry, together with enormous bureaucratic waste and widespread investor ownership throughout our market-based system, are themselves barriers to health care reform."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "Here we consider the lessons we can take away from the ACA's first five years and lay out the economic, social/political, and moral arguments for replacing it with single-payer national health insurance."

For more information on this research see: A Five-Year Assessment of the Affordable Care Act: Market Forces Still Trump the Common Good in US Health Care. International Journal of Health Services, 2015;45(2):209-225. International Journal of Health Services can be contacted at: Sage Publications Ltd, 1 Olivers Yard, 55 City Road, London EC1Y 1SP, England (see also Affordable Care Act).

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting J.P. Geyman, 34 Oak Hill Dr, Friday Harbor, WA 98250, United States.

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