The Economics of ObamaCare

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (referred to as ObamaCare or PPACA), which was signed into US law in 2010, generated a lot of noise from both supporters and detractors. This book argues that the changes introduced by ObamaCare were generally not as new as claimed.

List of contents

1. Reasons for passing the ObamaCare reform
2. Objectives and changes introduced by ObamaCare
3. Effects of the changes introduced by Obamacare
4. Overview and evaluation of proposals for modification of the solutions introduced by ObamaCare

About the author

Łukasz Jasiński is an assistant professor employed at the Faculty of Economics of the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University (Poland, Lublin). In 2021, he completed his doctoral dissertation entitled Market processes and interventionism in the health system of the United States of America from the view of the Austrian school of economics. He is also an economist at the Mises Institute of Economic Education (Poland, Wroclaw), where he publishes his original series of essays entitled On the way to the market health system. In 2022, on the basis of the decision of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Lublin branch), his book, entitled Markets vs Public Health Systems: Perspectives from the Austrian School of Economics, was selected for the best research work for 2021 (Humanities and Social Sciences).

Summary

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (referred to as ObamaCare or PPACA), which was signed into US law in 2010, generated a lot of noise from both supporters and detractors. This book argues that the changes introduced by ObamaCare were generally not as new as claimed.

Product details

• Authors: Łukasz Jasiński
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032472317
• ISBN: 978-1-032-47231-7
• No. of pages: 154
• Weight: 310 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Focus on Economics and Finance
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, Politics & government, Political Economy, Public health & preventive medicine, Politics and government, Microeconomics, Health systems & services, Public health and preventive medicine, Public ownership / nationalization, Health systems and services