title: The health of healthcare, Part VI: Be prepared!
abstract: We who work in healthcare need to know our future. The following are virtually assured consequences of Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act: expansion of both the bureaucracy and its complexity; government restrictions on what physicians are allowed to do medically; more underinsured Americans; greater focus on outcomes; the death of private practice; more hospital closings; less available liability insurance; and an increase in medical tourism. We must--as the Boy Scouts advise--"Be Prepared"!
authors.forename: Deane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Waldman
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006271:Health Facility Closure; D006801:Humans; D007351:Insurance, Liability; D057193:Medical Tourism; D017057:Medically Uninsured / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011331:Private Practice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States