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    Hospitals as the Intersection of Care, Business and Policy in the U.S. Healthcare System with Reference to the Individual Insurance Mandate
    (2021-05) Garza, Angelica
    This study evaluates the U.S. healthcare system through the interactions of care, business and policy as modeled by the ability of hospitals to remain financially viable in lieu of healthcare reform under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the proceeding non-enforcement of the individual mandate of insurance. To do so, I develop historical and political context in respect to each of the three functions of U.S. healthcare (care, business and policy) for hospitals and their interactions with the individual insurance mandate. In order to evaluate this interaction, I use a difference-in-difference empirical model to measure the changes in hospital financial stability after non-enforcement of the individual insurance mandate in Massachusetts and Connecticut. In combining these various approaches and analysis to evaluate the functions of the U.S. healthcare system, the ineffective aspects of the system will be identified, thus providing insight for improving U.S. health outcomes and optimizing health spending.