Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine
Authors: J. Fred Ralston
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2011)

Letters18 January 2011Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical MedicineJ. Fred Ralston Jr., MDJ. Fred Ralston Jr., MDPresident, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA 19106.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-154-2-201101180-00033 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:On behalf of ACP, I am responding to Kocher and colleagues' article (1). As with other articles selected by Annals, the opinions in this article are those of the authors, not those of ACP. We applaud Annals for publishing provocative and timely articles, including this one.The College has conducted its own evaluation (2) of the Affordable Care Act. The Act will provide almost all legal residents with access to affordable coverage, a long-standing ACP goal, and it meets many other ACP priorities. The Act will help train more primary care physicians and increase reimbursement to many, ...References1. 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 Scholar2. American College of Physicians. Getting answers to your questions about health care reform. Accessed at www.acponline.org/advocacy/where_we_stand/access/hcreform_resources.htm on 3 December 2010. Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: President, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA 19106.Disclosures: Dr. Ralston is the President, American College of Physicians 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 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 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: 143KeywordsConflicts of interestForecastingHealth careHealth information technologyInformation technologySub-specialty care ePublished: 18 January 2011 Issue Published: 18 January 2011 CopyrightCopyright © 2011 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF DownloadLoading ...