Perhaps the most important non-access related element of the ACA was the creation of PCORI. Over time, their research has the potential to transform the way medicine is practice. Research that is long overdue.
Under Obamacare program, doctor visits would become data points: "“Right now, were spending trillions on health care and 99.9999 percent doesn’t contribute anything to medical knowledge,” says Farzad Mostashari, national coordinator for health information technology at Health and Human Services. “That’s the real vision, that we actually take routine care, the heallth care happening in the real world, and have that contribute to knowledge.”"
