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We recently saw the assault on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [PPACA] close the federal government (costing at least $25 billion dollars) and almost wreck the economy by refusing to lift the debt limit.
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<p>By Fred Kammer, S.J.</p>
<p>We recently saw the assault on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [PPACA] close the federal government (costing at least $25 billion dollars) and almost wreck the economy by refusing to lift the debt limit. Lest we go through that again, it is important to remind ourselves about the who, why, and what of our current health care reform. </p>
<p>We look first at those without health care coverage. Current estimates indicate that approximately 50 million people are now without health care (and a whopping 86 million more uninsured at some point in a two-year period, including 18.6 million people in the five Gulf South states!). </p>
<p><a href="https://jsri.loyno.edu/sites/loyno.edu.jsri/files/Winter 2013- Affordable Care Act.pdf">More>></a></p>
<p>We recently saw the assault on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [PPACA] close the federal government (costing at least $25 billion dollars) and almost wreck the economy by refusing to lift the debt limit. Lest we go through that again, it is important to remind ourselves about the who, why, and what of our current health care reform. </p>
<p>We look first at those without health care coverage. Current estimates indicate that approximately 50 million people are now without health care (and a whopping 86 million more uninsured at some point in a two-year period, including 18.6 million people in the five Gulf South states!). </p>
<p><a href="https://jsri.loyno.edu/sites/loyno.edu.jsri/files/Winter 2013- Affordable Care Act.pdf">More>></a></p>