ObamaCare's 2014 Report Card? Preaching Patience — to Supporters and Opponents
In: Harvard public health review, Band 2014, Heft 1
ISSN: 2643-6450
The first open enrollment period under the Affordable Care Act has come and gone. One might be tempted to ask, "How has the law done so far?" — if only that question hadn't already been asked ad nauseum since the first week of open enrollment in October 2013. As a researcher whose primary interests are insurance coverage and access to care (and as an advisor in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services), I have frequently been asked this question – by students, by friends and family, and by reporters. Consider this my response.