The Affordable Care Act and Civil Rights: The Challenge of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act

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عنوان ژورنال: The Milbank Quarterly

سال: 2016

ISSN: 0887-378X

DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.12207