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HEALTH CARE 2009 Volume 360:1057-1060 March 12, 2009 Number 11 Next

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On February 17, 2009, four weeks after his inauguration, President Barack Obama signed into law a $787 billion economic stimulus package.^1,2 The economic impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, as the measure is officially known, will not be apparent for months. Nonetheless, the bill's approval — even before any new senior officials of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) were in place — has jump-started the Obama administration's plans for health care.

By launching broad federal initiatives for biomedical and comparative effectiveness research, the adoption of health information technology, and the protection of the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Dr. Steinbrook (rsteinbrook@attglobal.net) is a national correspondent for the Journal.

This article (10.1056/NEJMp0900665) was published at NEJM.org on February 17, 2009.

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