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Early Changes

Health Care Reform’s First Ups, Downs

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Some aspects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 started like a stumble-rama.

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Parks, D. (2011). Early Changes. In: Health Care Reform Simplified. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-3699-3_2

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