RT Journal
A1 Sommers BD, Bindman AB
T1 NEw physicians, the affordable care act, and the changing practice of medicine
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD April 25
VO 307
IS 16
SP 1697
OP 1698
DO 10.1001/jama.2012.523
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.523
AB 
Several key features of the law designed to improve the access to and quality of the US health care system could also improve the quality of life and job satisfaction for physicians.1 First, the ACA will expand insurance coverage to more than 30 million currently uninsured US residents. Furthermore, all US residents with health insurance will have guaranteed coverage of essential health benefits, as opposed to the past of patchwork coverage with numerous exclusions and high rates of underinsurance. Together, these provisions offer physicians the opportunity to improve health care for vulnerable populations, reduce long-standing racial and ethnic disparities in health, and practice medicine without worrying about whether patients will be able to pay for needed care.