The ACA and the Incremental Nature of Policy Change

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?emocracies change their policies almost entirely through incremental adjustment. Policy does not move in leaps and bounds·thereby ensuring the stability of government (Miyakawa, 1999, p. 298).

• In light of this classic quote, what incremental gains have been made by passage and implementation of the ACA, and what additional reforms will be necessary to move further toward health care access for all?

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Reference: Miyakawa, T. (1999). The science of public policy: Essential readings in policy sciences I. New York: Taylor & Francis.

Bhattacharya, D. (2013). Chapter 16: Medical readmissions and the Affordable Care Act. In Public health policy: Issues, theories, and advocacy. (pp. 365·87). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Goldman, H. H., & Karakus, M. C. (2014). Do not turn out the lights on the public mental health system when the ACA is fully implemented. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 41(4). 429·33.

Valdovinos, E., Le, S., & Hsia, R. Y. (2015). In California, not-for-profit hospitals spent more operating expenses on charity care than for-profit hospitals spent. Health Affairs, 34(8), 1296·303.

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