title: Congress enacts health care reform.
abstract: Health care reform at last: After nearly a century of effort by Presidents from Theodore Roosevelt on down, the Congress finally agreed on and President Barack Obama signed into law a system that covers most Americans, regulates sharp insurance practices, and embraces a paradigm shift from acute institutionally focused care to chronic disease management based on home and community-based care.
mesh_terms: D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D011057:Politics; D014481:United States