Legislation from 2015 that sought to repeal core provisions of the ACA but was not ultimately enacted is a starting point for considering the future of the ACA. The legislation would have repealed multiple parts of the statute, including the individual mandate, the premium tax credit, the Medicaid expansion, the employer mandate, and various taxes enacted under the ACA. The 2015 legislation did...

Ginsberg et all have reported that in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) the presence of high circulating levels of anticardiolipin antibodies (ACA) is associated with an ongoing prothrombotic state. This was documented by finding significantly higher values of F 1+2, a marker of thrombin generation, in ACA (+) patients than in ACA (-) ones.’ We have data supporting the associatio...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) contains substantial new requirements aimed at increasing rates of health insurance coverage. Because many of these provisions impose additional costs on the states, officials need reliable estimates of the likely impact of the ACA in their state. To demonstrate the usefulness of modeling for state-level decisionmaking, RAND undertook a preli...

We compared the Du Pont aca (phosphotungstate-enzymic cholesterol) and the Dow (dextran sulfate/Mg2+-enzymic cholesterol) methods for the determination of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDLC) and total cholesterol in serum from 113 patients. The aca results for both total cholesterol and HDLC were significantly greater (p less than 0.0001) than the Dow results, the aca method overestimat...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) contains substantial new requirements aimed at increasing rates of health insurance coverage. Because many of these provisions impose additional costs on the states, officials need reliable estimates of the likely impact of the ACA in their state. To demonstrate the usefulness of modeling for state-level decisionmaking, RAND undertook a preli...

By enacting the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA), Congress provoked change in the status quo in American health care delivery and payment. Although challenged by conservative voices resistant to change, the ACA survived its recent constitutional challenge. Regardless of how Congress tries to amend the ACA in the future, one vestige of the ACA likely to remain at least in...

The Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model of care incorporates many public health concepts. Some supporters of PCMH regard the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as legislation that will invigorate PCMH progress across the country. This policy analysis intends to understand the influence of the ACA on the development of PCMH. The policy analysis compares relevant sections of the ACA with core PCMH ...

Background. Public opinion of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been divided. Polling of physicians and the general public about knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs towards the ACA has been conducted, but to date, no such studies have targeted HIV-infected patients. We report results of such a survey. Methods. Sequential adult HIV-infected patients attending the University ...

More than 100 mammalian H/ACA RNAs form an equal number of ribonucleoproteins (RNPs) by associating with the same four core proteins. The function of these H/ACA RNPs is essential for biogenesis of the ribosome, splicing of precursor mRNAs (pre-mRNAs), maintenance of telomeres and probably for additional cellular processes. Recent crystal structures of archaeal H/ACA protein complexes show how ...