title: Roots of health care reform.
abstract: The health care reform legislation of 2010 was a response to chronic issues in the US health care system that had been unresolved for decades. Whether health care reform is implemented in its current form or in a variant, the issues to address remain the same. In addition, those issues that have not been specifically addressed in national legislation remain areas of potential future policy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic, Therapeutic and Interventional Radiology, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA, USA. jrawson@georgiahealth.edu
authors.forename: James V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Rawson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D005858:Germany; D017048:Health Care Costs; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000266:history* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000639:trends*; D006291:Health Policy; D006280:Health Workforce / Q000639:trends; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D017057:Medically Uninsured; D008875:Middle Aged; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012179:Retirement; D012943:Social Security / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D019472:Universal Health Insurance