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Issues Regarding the 2010 Patient Protection Act

If not politically, at least analytically, given local governments' experience with insurance reform and the financial assumptions used in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the PPACA should be considered DOA!

15 minute read May 27, 2011 at 12:20 PM
By
Lawrence L. Bell and Alexandra Taylor Bell
Issues Regarding the 2010 Patient Protection Act

As attorneys and advisers, we are asked to enter into planning situations and have something of a crystal ball as to the future. One of the most game-changing legislative reconfigurations may be reflected in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”) passed in 2010.

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