Your Questions About the Affordable Care Act, Answered
May 17, 2013
Jennifer Tolbert, director of State Health Reform at the Kaiser Family Foundation, responds to listener questions and concerns about the Affordable Care Act.
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A Health Care System in Transition
As the United States approaches the roll-out of the final and most complex phases of the Affordable Care Act, we examine the American health care system as it stands now and how it is expected to change, paying special attention to how the law is being implemented state by state while also exploring real-life experiences of medicine -- inside views of hospitals and intensive care units and what sicknesses and treatment look like up close.
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