The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010: Impacts on Rural People, Places, and Providers: A First Look
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Date
09/2010
Description
Summarizes six issue areas of the Affordable Care Act and discusses implications for access to services and improving the health status of rural residents. These issue areas are: health insurance coverage; Medicare and Medicaid payment; quality, financing, and delivery system reform; public health; healthcare workforce; and long-term care.
Center
RUPRI Health Panel: Rural Policy Analysis and Applications
Authors
Andrew Coburn, Jennifer Lundblad, A. Clinton MacKinney, Timothy McBride, Keith Mueller