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  2. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) - AAFP

    www.aafp.org/advocacy/advocacy-topics/health-care-coverage/aca.html

    The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — a law consistent with the AAFP principle that health is a basic human right — has transformed access to health care in the United States.

  3. Poverty and Health - The Family Medicine Perspective (Position...

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    Local hospitals, health departments, and faith-based organizations often are connected to community health resources that offer services such as installing safety equipment in homes; providing ...

  4. Health Care for All: A Framework for Moving to a Primary Care ......

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    Over the past two decades, policies implemented through the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) have extended access to affordable ...

  5. Women’s Health | AAFP

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    Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, new health insurance policies are required to cover a range of women’s preventive health care services without cost sharing, including ...

  6. Health Care–Associated Infections: Best Practices for Prevention...

    www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2022/0300/p262.html

    Health care–associated infections (HAIs) are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. ... Macintyre CR. Effectiveness of cloth masks for protection against severe ...

  7. Preventive Health Care for Women Who Have Sex with Women - AAFP

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    Quantifying the number of lesbians and bisexual women in the United States is challenging, in part because self-reported sexual identity does not always correlate with sexual behavior. 1 While the ...

  8. Pertussis: Common Questions and Answers | AAFP

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    Pertussis, or whooping cough, is an acute respiratory tract infection that continues to affect a significant portion of the global population, with more than 24 million estimated cases in 2014. 1 ...

  9. Climate Change and Environmental Health (Position Paper)

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    The mental health impacts of climate change are not experienced equally, and groups that historically have been made vulnerable continue to be at disproportionate risk. 68 How a person experiences ...

  10. Medical Liability - AAFP

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    AAFP Comments to HHS OCR on Rights of Conscience Protection - March 6, 2023 AAFP Letter Responding to House Ways and Means Committee Rural and Underserved Communities Health Task Force Request for ...

  11. Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) | AAFP

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    Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, improvements in Medicaid and CHIP have extended access to affordable health care coverage to millions of previously uninsured, non-Medicare ...