Fontugne Elisabeth Anne
Stetson University College of Law, Gulfport, FL, USA.
Int J Risk Saf Med. 2014;26(2):81-8. doi: 10.3233/JRS-140614.
In 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law. The Act seeks to improve the access of Americans to improved quality health care, while controlling the nation's escalating health care expenditures. The Act is scheduled for further implementation in 2014.
This article elucidates the opportunities and challenges that the ACA presents for constructive, innovative collaboration between the legal and medical professions in contributing to the quest for a more affordable and accessible high quality health care system.
The author analyzed the text of the Act, as well as secondary sources in the areas of law, medicine, and public health. This allowed for the creation of a comprehensive conceptual and empirical framework through which the Act could be properly analyzed and understood.
The research described the pitfalls inherent in the Act, but demonstrated that the ACA presents more opportunities than challenges if lawyers and doctors are willing to work together to bring about needed social change.
The article qualified these findings by emphasizing that doctors must learn to advocate on behalf of their profession if the potential benefits of the ACA are to be realized.
2010年，《平价医疗法案》（ACA）签署成为法律。该法案旨在改善美国人获得更高质量医疗保健的机会，同时控制美国不断攀升的医疗保健支出。该法案计划于2014年进一步实施。
本文阐明了《平价医疗法案》为法律和医学专业之间建设性、创新性合作所带来的机遇与挑战，这种合作有助于寻求更经济实惠、更易获得的高质量医疗保健系统。
作者分析了该法案的文本，以及法律、医学和公共卫生领域的二手资料。这使得能够创建一个全面的概念和实证框架，通过该框架可以对该法案进行恰当的分析和理解。
研究描述了该法案固有的缺陷，但表明如果律师和医生愿意共同努力带来所需的社会变革，《平价医疗法案》带来的机遇多于挑战。
文章强调，如果要实现《平价医疗法案》的潜在益处，医生必须学会代表其职业进行倡导，以此对这些发现进行了限定。
