title: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in a nutshell.
abstract: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is comprehensive reform and by virtue of its comprehensiveness can be cumbersome to read and understand. This short piece is a succinct and irreverent glance at PPACA. The piece starts with a question and ends with the same question: Will PPACA break the iron triangle?
authors.affiliation: Radiology Associates of the Main Line, Paoli, Pennsylvania, USA. neerav.mehta@uphs.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Neerav
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: Saurabh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jha
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000458:organization & administration*; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States