The Need for Public Deliberation: Giving the Public a Voice on Affordable Health Insurance

Affordability is a key consideration in debates about the mandate for Americans to buy health insurance as required by the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Yet no universally agreed-upon standard exists for determining what constitutes affordable health insurance. The question, then,...

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Published inJournal of health politics, policy and law Vol. 36; no. 5; pp. 879 - 885
Main Author Cook, Fay Lomax
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.10.2011
Subjects
Access to health care
Cost
Decisions
Health care
Health Insurance
Legislation
Patients
Protection
Society
U.S.A
United States
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Summary:Affordability is a key consideration in debates about the mandate for Americans to buy health insurance as required by the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Yet no universally agreed-upon standard exists for determining what constitutes affordable health insurance. The question, then, is how best to make decisions about what is affordable. Adapted from the source document.
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ISSN:0361-6878
DOI:10.1215/03616878-1407667