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And Then There Were Three: The Decimation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) CO-OPs

Eli Y. Adashi, Daniel P. O'Mahony and I. Glenn Cohen
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2022, 35 (4) 867-869; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2022.04.210533
Eli Y. Adashi
From Department of Medicine and Biological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI (EYA); Library Planning and Assessment, Brown University Library, Providence, RI (DPO); Harvard Law School, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (IGC).
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