Future of Healthcare Reform in the United States
In the years since the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, or, colloquially, Obamacare), most of the discussion about it has been political. But as the politics fade and the law's many complex provisions take effect, a much more interesting question begins to emerge: How will the law affect the American health care regime in the coming years and decades? This book brings together fourteen leading scholars from the fields of law, economics, medicine, and public health to answer that question. Taking discipline-specific views, they offer their analyses and predictions for the future of health care reform. By turns thought-provoking, counterintuitive, and even contradictory, the essays together cover the landscape of positions on the PPACA's prospects. Some see efficiency growth and moderating prices; others fear a strangling bureaucracy and spiraling costs. The result is a deeply informed, richly substantive discussion that will trouble settled positions and lay the groundwork for analysis and assessment as the law's effects begin to become clear.
About the Author
Anup Malani is the Lee and Brena Freeman Professor at the University of Chicago Law School and professor at the Pritzker School of Medicine.
Michael H. Schill is president of the University of Oregon.
Reviews
"Extremely interesting and informative, 'The Future of Healthcare Reform in the United States' presents a range of intriguing perspectives on the Affordable Care Act, the health reform plan of President Obama, and on healthcare reform in general. There are many books on the topic of health reform – what distinguishes this one so wonderfully is the range of disciplines covered. 'The Future of Healthcare Reform' is an essential overview for considering healthcare reform in general and the ACA in particular" – Robert Field, Drexel University
"Few pieces of legislation have engendered as much controversy in recent decades as the Affordable Care Act, and Malani and Schill have brought together in one volume some excellent examples of commentaries on the ACA from across the political spectrum. This outstanding book displays many of the major issues facing U. S. policymakers as they seek to provide more Americans with basic access to affordable, high-quality health care despite fundamental ideological disagreements and substantial practical hurdles" – Aaron Kesselheim, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School
"This excellent volume focuses on the single most important health-related law in the past forty years: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Rather than focusing narrowly on a particular topic or aspect of the ACA, however, 'The Future of Healthcare Reform in the United States' brings together many well-respected scholars in distinct but related fields to examine a multitude of topics, including legal issues, delivery reforms, and insurance market remedies. In doing so, it illuminates multiple themes, such as the challenges of delivery reform in a fragmented health care system, the difficulties in shaping insurance markets to achieve policy goals, and the looming issue of health care costs. The book's broad focus and interdisciplinary look at health reform will help readers understand both the promise and the perils of a rapidly changing healthcare system" – Kristin Madison, Northeastern University
"Malani and Schill have gathered together a collection of interesting, well-written chapters by excellent authors, ranging from Phillips and Hales's descriptive, stage-setting chapter to Cochrane's tour de force analysis" – Mark Hall, Wake Forest University School of Law
