Threats to the Affordable Care Act and surgical care: What has been gained, and what could be lost.

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Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI; Division of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/jzayanian.

Published: June 2021

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