The recently enacted stimulus bill — the American Recoveryand Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) — touches almost everyaspect of the U.S. economy. Health care is no exception. Infact, the ARRA is historic health care legislation of the typerarely produced by our famously incremental federal government.The law prevents dramatic state cuts in Medicaid, expands fundingfor preventive health care services and health care research,and helps the unemployed buy health insurance. But perhaps itsmost profound effect on doctors and patients will result fromits unprecedented $19 billion program to promote the adoptionand use of . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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Dr. Blumenthal is director of the Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital–Partners Healthcare System and Harvard Medical School — both in Boston. He has been named National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
This article (10.1056/NEJMp0901592) was published at NEJM.org on March 25, 2009.
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