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    The Role of Community Health Needs Assessments in Medicalizing Poverty
    with Carolyn Pointer, David Steward, and Sameer Vohra
    Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 46 (3): 615-621. 2018.
    The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, passed in 2010, is considered by many to be the most significant healthcare overhaul since the 1960s, but part of its promise — improvement of population health through requirements for non-profit hospitals to provide “community benefit” — has not been met. This paper examines the history of community benefit legislation, how community benefit dollars are allocated, and innovative practices by a few hospitals and communities that are addressing pri…Read more