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020    9781440834424 (hardback) 
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050 00 RA395.D44 |bR39 2016 
100 1  Rawal, Purva H. 
245 14 The Affordable Care Act : |bexamining the facts / |cPurva 
       H. Rawal; foreword by Len Nichols. 
260    Santa Barbara, California : |bABC-CLIO, |c2016. 
300    xiv, 220 pages ; |c25 cm. 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
520    "This is the first reference book to provide a detailed 
       assessment of the Affordable Care Act, explaining the 
       realities and myths surrounding one of the most divisive 
       political struggles in recent U.S. history. Uses 
       nonpartisan sources of information that include studies 
       and reports to assess the claims, beliefs, and assumptions
       about Obamacare Draws from credible research sources--such
       as the Center for Disease Control and the Government 
       Accounting Office--to question or uphold beliefs Provides 
       an evidence-based examination of dozens of the most 
       prominent claims about the Affordable Care Act"-- Provided
       by publisher. 
520    "Few laws have generated as much intense emotional and 
       ongoing controversy as the Patient Protection and 
       Affordable Care Act (ACA). The law is the culmination of a
       hundred years of debate, discussion, and attempts at 
       offering near-universal coverage in the United States. 
       Lessons learned from the past, fleeting political 
       majorities, and new policy imperatives to improve quality 
       and reduce ever-rising costs created an opportune policy 
       window in 2009-2010 to pass one of the most expansive - 
       and potentially impactful - pieces of social legislation 
       in our nation's history. However, the very reasons that 
       made health reform necessary and so difficult to pass are 
       also the same reasons that the ACA has divided the nation 
       - both politically and culturally"--  Provided by 
       publisher. 
650  0 Health care reform |zUnited States 
650  0 Medical care, Cost of |zUnited States 
650  0 Health insurance |zUnited States