Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine
Authors: Quentin D. Young
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2011)

Letters18 January 2011Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical MedicineQuentin D. Young, MDQuentin D. Young, MDFrom Physicians for a National Health Program, Chicago, IL 60602.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-154-2-201101180-00023 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:Kocher and colleagues (1) forfeit the opportunity to be taken seriously because of a gigantic error in the second sentence of their article: “It [the Affordable Care Act] guarantees access to health care for all Americans.” It is generally understood that by 2019, at least 23 million Americans will remain uninsured.The rest of the essay contains some useful and many not-useful observations. However, the conspicuous omission is addressing the real financial solution to our catastrophically costly, inefficient health system: the establishment of truly universal health care based on a single-payer, improved Medicare-for-all system. This crucial reform ...Reference1. Kocher R, Emanuel EJ, DeParle . The Affordable Care Act and the future of clinical medicine: the opportunities and challenges. Ann Intern Med. 2010;153:536-9. [PMID: 20733178] LinkGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Physicians for a National Health Program, Chicago, IL 60602.Disclosures: None disclosed. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoThe Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine: The Opportunities and Challenges Robert Kocher , Ezekiel J. Emanuel , and Nancy-Ann M. DeParle Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine Douglas A. Perednia Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine Ardis D. Hoven Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine Frank J. Kadel Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine Albert Davis Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine John A. Goldman Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine Lee S. Gross Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine G. Andrew McIntosh Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine Robert A. Donato Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine Arvind R. Cavale Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine Robert G. Luke Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine J. Fred Ralston Jr. Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine Christine Laine Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Nancy-Ann M. DeParle Metrics 18 January 2011Volume 154, Issue 2Page: 139KeywordsConflicts of interestForecastingHealth care ePublished: 18 January 2011 Issue Published: 18 January 2011 CopyrightCopyright © 2011 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF DownloadLoading ...