Obama's giant step towards universal health insurance

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7748, 2010, Pages 663-

  Yamey, Gavin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; MEDICAID; PENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INSURANCE;

HEALTH CARE REFORM; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 77950203972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c1674     Document Type: Editorial

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