title: How the Affordable Care Act will affect access to health care in North Carolina.
abstract: Reforming health care in the United States often focuses on improving access to care by removing financial barriers and bringing practitioners closer to patients. This article reviews the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) that are intended to improve access and discusses how the ACA will change access to care for Americans.
authors.affiliation: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA. tom_ricketts@unc.edu
authors.forename: Thomas C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Ricketts
mesh_terms: D060866:Accountable Care Organizations; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health; D008484:Medicaid; D009657:North Carolina; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D011322:Primary Prevention; D014481:United States