Race, politics, and the affordable care act

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2020, Pages 547-566

  Michener, Jamila ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordable Care Act; Politics; Race

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAID; POLITICS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MEDICAID; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; POLITICS; PUBLIC NONDISCRIMINATION POLICIES; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85087529923     PISSN: 03616878     EISSN: 15271927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/03616878-8255481     Document Type: Review

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