Why Do so Many White Americans Oppose the Affordable Care Act?

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2016, Pages e27-

  Fiscella, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK PERSON; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84965095262     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.08.041     Document Type: Letter

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