Georgetown Public Policy Review
Policy Shaping Our Future
Our nation is understandably weary of wars that have cost us dearly – both financially and in human casualties – and achieved little but to engender deep resentment of the US in many areas of the world. But it is naive to think that we can simply leave Iraq behind.
One of the primary goals of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is to expand the availability of health insurance coverage and decrease the number of uninsured individuals. But a number of people will still remain uninsured, falling into the “coverage gaps” created by the Supreme Court decision that made the expansion of state Medicaid programs optional.