title: Health Reform and Beyond.
abstract: The era of the Obama Administration draws to a close at the end of 2016, leaving behind a signature achievement in the form of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) that became law in 2010. Beginning with that year, I have contributed an annual essay to the Journal of Allied Health describing various aspects of this legislation. The current essay initially will start down that same path, but then take a sharp detour to discuss related aspects of what is occurring in the broader health domain.
authors: Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions, Washington, DC, USA. thomas@asahp.org.
authors: Thomas W
authors: TW
authors: Elwood
mesh_terms: D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D011057:Politics; D014481:United States