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Marketization of Health Care Under the ACA
Marketization of Health Care Under the ACA
Monday, November 17, 2014
: 1:10 PM - 1:30 PM
The Affordable Care Act has expanded coverage but it has done so without changing the basic context of health care in the United States. Health care has become ever more a market commodity rather than an essential human service provided in the context of health care as a human right. This session will describe the ways in which this the ACA has accelerated this transformation and what might be done to resist this transformation.
Learning Areas:
Advocacy for health and health educationProvision of health care to the public
Public health or related public policy
Learning Objectives:
Discuss the ways in which the Affordable Care Act has further accelerated the transformation of health care from a human necessity and human right to one more item for sale in America
Keyword(s): Health Care Reform
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: This is my area of academic expertise.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.
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