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The Ethics of Health Care Reform: Impact on Emergency Medicine
Author(s) -
Marco Catherine A.,
Moskop John C.,
Schears Raquel M.,
Stankus Jennifer L’Hommedieu,
Bookman Kelly J.,
Padela Aasim I.,
Baine Jennifer,
Bryant Eric
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
academic emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1553-2712
pISSN - 1069-6563
DOI - 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2012.01313.x
Subject(s) - medicine , health care reform , health care , patient protection and affordable care act , emergency department , nursing , health policy , health insurance , public administration , public health , law , political science
ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2012; 19: 461–468 © 2012 by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Abstract The recent enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010, and the ongoing debate over reform of the U.S. health care system, raise numerous important ethical issues. This article reviews basic provisions of the ACA; examines underlying moral and policy issues in the U.S. health care reform debate; and addresses health care reform’s likely effects on access to care, emergency department (ED) crowding, and end‐of‐life care. The article concludes with several suggested actions that emergency physicians (EPs) should take to contribute to the success of health care reform in America.