Insurance exchange marketplace: implications for emergency medicine practice.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 requires states to establish healthcareinsurance exchanges by 2014 to facilitate the purchase of qualified health plans. States are required toestablish exchanges for small businesses and individuals. A federally operated exchange will beestabli...
| Publicado en: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 169 - 172 |
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Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health
2012 May
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