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There were a number of different health care reforms proposed during the Obama administration. Key reforms address cost and coverage and include obesity, prevention and treatment of chronic conditions, defensive medicine or tort reform, incentives that reward more care instead of better care, redundant payment systems, tax policy, rationing, a shortage of doctors and nurses, intervention vs. hospice, fraud, and use of imaging technology, among others.
The first of these reform proposals to be passed by the United States Congress is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which originated in the Senate and was later passed by the House of Representatives in amended form on March 21, 2010 (with a vote of 219–212).[1][2] President Barack Obama signed the reforms into law on March 23, 2010.[3] Reuters and CNN summarized the reforms and the year in which they take effect.[4][5]
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- ^ Smith, Donna (March 19, 2010). "Reuters-Factbox-U.S. Healthcare Bill Would Provide Immediate Benefits-March 19, 2010". Reuters. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
- ^ "CNN-Timeline-When Healthcare Reform Will Affect You-March 23, 2010". CNN. March 23, 2010. Retrieved January 12, 2012.