Stakeholders In Healthcare

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Primary Stakeholders: Patients, physicians, employers, insurers, and hospitals.
In the spring of 2010, President Obama signed into law The Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA has since caused many heated debates and state appeals. The law itself provided multiple health reforms and made it possible for millions of uninsured and underinsured to gain health insurance for the first time ever (Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, 2014). The influx in new insured individuals and families will only increase the patient to doctor ratio; making the physician/nursing shortage dire.
One of the primary stakeholder in the health policy regarding physician shortages is the patient. Patients are the number one person affected by the shortage, yet have

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