Unraveling from within? The affordable care act and self-undermining policy feedbacks

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Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 37-62

  Oberlander, Jonathan ^b   Weaver, R Kent ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84929071989     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15408884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/for-2015-0010     Document Type: Article

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