HealthLeaders Media May 21, 2019
The American College of Physicians is calling on policymakers to strengthen and expand the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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The country’s uninsured rate hit a historic low in 2016—two years after the launch of the PPACA health plan marketplace for individual and family coverage.
Bolstering the PPACA is an essential step toward achieving universal health coverage, the American College of Physicians says.
Proposals to strengthen the PPACA include increasing affordability, stabilizing the PPACA health plan marketplace, and expanding Medicaid nationwide.
The PPACA has achieved significant gains in access to healthcare, and policy makers should focus on nurturing and expanding the healthcare law, the American College of Physicians (ACP) says.
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