This Week at NEJM.org December 1, 2011
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| A 39-year-old man presented for evaluation of his acne. Physical examination revealed six functional digits on each hand and foot. Most viewing last week: -Screening for Prostate Cancer -Neurofibromatosis Perspective 2012 — A Watershed Election for Health Care David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P. N Engl J Med 2011; 365:2047-2049 December 1, 2011 The 2012 election will be the most important in the history of our health care system because it will determine whether the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is implemented or repealed. The consequences for Americans and their health care will be huge. Three possible federal electoral outcomes seem most likely. All assume that the Republicans will retain control of the House of Representatives, though perhaps with a diminished majority. Under the first scenario, the status quo continues with President Barack Obama in the White House and Democrats controlling the Senate; in the second, Obama is reelected but the Senate goes Republican; in the third, the Republicans recapture the White House and control both houses of Congress. More >> http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1111239 |
