Cover: Two Years and Counting

Two Years and Counting

How Will the Effects of the Affordable Care Act Be Monitored?

Published in: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association, v. 307, no. 1, Jan. 2012, Commentary, p. 41-42

Posted on RAND.org on January 01, 2012

by Robert H. Brook

The Affordable Care Act marks a new era in US health care and US medicine. This commentary suggests ways to monitor the act's effect on the health of the US population.

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