Responding to the Affordable Care Act: A Leadership Opportunity for Social Workers in Employee Assistance Programs.
Until recently, estimates indicated that more than half of Americans obtain health insurance through their employers. Yet the employer-based system leaves many vulnerable populations, such as low-wage and part-time workers, without coverage. The changes authorized by the Affordable Care Act (2010),...
| Publicado en: | Health & Social Work Vol. 39; no. 3; pp. 153 - 161 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Aug2014
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