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The Affordable Care Act and the Transformation of US Health Care

The neoliberal period was accompanied by a momentous transformation within the US health care system.  As the result of a number of political and historical dynamics, the healthcare law signed by President Barack Obama in 2010 ‑the Affordable Care Act (ACA)‑ drew less on universal models from abroad than it did on earlier conservative healthcare reform proposals. This was in part the result of the influence of powerful corporate healthcare interests. While the ACA expands healthcare coverage, it does so incompletely and unevenly, with persistent uninsurance and disparities in access based on insurance status. Additionally, the law accommodates an overall shift towards a consumerist model of care characterized by high cost sharing at time of use. Finally, the law encourages the further consolidation of the healthcare sector, for instance into units named “Accountable Care Organizations��� that closely resemble the health maintenance organizations favored by managed care advocates. The overall effect has been to maintain a fragmented system that is neither equitable nor efficient. A single payer universal system would, in contrast, help transform healthcare into a social right.

Review of Truman Capote Encyclopedia

For the Capote connoisseur, this encyclopedia offers a treasure trove of details about Truman Capote's life and works. There are numerous biographical and critical sources about Capote and his works, including many online reference tools (e.g., Literature Criticism Online, Literature Online LION, Biography Resource Center, as well as other encyclopedias).

G.R. Ford Library Cornerstone Laying

Jickling, Lyman & Powell, architects. Built 1980. On verso: Photographer's stamp; 5968-1

Gerald R. Ford Library Cornerstone Ceremonies

Jickling, Lyman & Powell, architects. Built 1980. On verso: Photographer's stamp; 59683

Gerald R. Ford Library Cornerstone Ceremonies

Jickling, Lyman & Powell, architects. Built 1980. On verso: Photographer's stamp; 5968-4

G.R. Ford Library Cornerstone Ceremonies. Exhibition in Bentley Library at time of cornerstone ceremonies

Jickling, Lyman & Powell, architects. Built 1980. On verso: Photographer's stamp; 5968-5

Harry Kipke, Bill Fleming, Wally Teninga in Michigan Stadium press box, 1958 Iowa game

[Kipke, recently elected to the College Football Hall of Fame, is interviewed by Fleming and his assistant Teninga. Kipke and Teninga were two of greatest punter in U-M history. (summary of note on negative sleeve)]