Taking the patient's view of health reform.
To many, health reform seems to consist entirely of enormous changes in how the nation's medical bills will be paid. In reality, sweeping social changes will also accompany reform, including new ways of obtaining a patient's medical history and an end to traditional barriers to health care access. Changes must be made in the nonfinancial elements of the U.S. health system for reform to make a positive difference in patients' lives.
Rothstein
M A
MA
Health Law and Policy Institute, University of Houston.
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