Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine
Authors: John A. Goldman
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2011)

Letters18 January 2011Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical MedicineJohn A. Goldman, MDJohn A. Goldman, MDFrom Medical Quarters, Atlanta, GA 30342.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-154-2-201101180-00027 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:Having read Kocher and colleagues' article (1) and rapid responses on www.annals.org, I have many concerns. The article comes from the “no-data zone” and gives us the perspective of persons who have perpetuated the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and have probably written a lot of it, which is also not in the authors' disclosures.Difference of opinion is well respected in our republic, but as a solo rheumatologist perpetually striving to get my patients the care they deserve, I feel the article does not address the many roadblocks to care—insurance companies, lack of tort 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 Medical Quarters, Atlanta, GA 30342.Disclosures: The author is the chairman of the Medical Association of Georgia Third Party Payer Committee, and he has discussed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at various meetings and online forums. He is also on speakers' bureaus for Pfizer, Amgen, and UCB and receives research support (through the Atlanta Center for Clinical Research) for studies from Genentech, Centocor, Cephalon, Lilly, Merck & Co., AstraZeneca, Takeda, and UCB. 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 Quentin D. Young 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 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 Correction: Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine Metrics Cited byCorrection: Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine 18 January 2011Volume 154, Issue 2Page: 140-141KeywordsConflicts of interestDisclosureForecastingMedical staffMedicarePatientsPeer reviewRheumatology ePublished: 18 January 2011 Issue Published: 18 January 2011 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2011 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...