title: Healthcare's tumultuous year. Looking back on events that shook the industry.
abstract: Our readers agreed that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was a hot topic for the country in 2012, telling us in a poll that the U.S. Supreme Court's decision upholding the ACA was the No. 1 news story of the year. Dr. Sonia Nagda, left, attaches a pin supporting the reform law in March, as the Supreme Court began three days of arguments.
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D011057:Politics; D014481:United States