The Affordable Care Act has its good meaning in providing access to health care system‚ prohibiting insurance companies in denying healthcare coverage to ill people and increasing the healthcare cost‚ and promoting Medicaid expansion to people with incomes up to 133% of the federal poverty level. However‚ there are many flaws‚ such as personal mandate and penalty and social injustice‚ in passing this law. Many people may believe that the Congress has a power to declare personal mandate to have health
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High Costs of Health Care & Affordable Care Act Kanakavelan Gothandaraman DeSales University Professor: Dr. Tahereh Alavi Hojjat FD505 – Microeconomics (Fall-2013) High Costs of Health Care & Affordable Care Act Table of Contents Abstract 3 Literature Review 4 Conclusion 7 References 9 Abstract In last two decades the world has seen almost all extreme scenarios of economic growth and collapse. The growth started with the communication boom in early 1990’s and followed by internet
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Impact of the Affordable Care Act on North Carolina’s Uninsured Amanda Thomas Walden University Policy and Advocacy for Improving Population Health‚ NURS 6050N-21 Dr. Allison Davis October 01‚ 2014 Impact of the Affordable Care Act on North Carolina’s Uninsured Health insurance is one of the most important benefits a citizen can have in America. Some Americans who work acquire health insurance through their employers. But then‚ there are Americas who do not work and therefore‚ are unable to
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 The Supreme Court ruled on June 28‚ 2012 that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 also known as the ObamaCare Act is to be upheld‚ even the controversial parts‚ where people without health insurance will have to pay a fine starting in 2014. The ObamaCare Act was started to “help reduce overall health care costs by making services available to 32 million who currently cannot get health insurance”(useconomy.about.com‚ part of
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the list because patient care has increased and not Decreased as expected when the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed. The Overuse continues and leads to needless expense‚ crowding and concerns that put patients at risk who need immediate care. Health Care Providers/Physicians are not able to keep up. Appointments are weeks to months out to see your Dr and what ends up happening is these patients go to the Emergency Department. Patients without an established primary care physician‚ patients without
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H.R. 3590 Patient Protection Act and Affordable Care Act 2010 H.R. 3590 is intended to expand access to health insurance‚ reform the health insurance market to provide additional consumer protections‚ and improve the health care delivery system to reduce costs and produce better outcomes. The bill would expand insurance coverage to 94% yet leaving 24 million Americans without insurance coverage‚ at the same time suppose to improve the functioning of the individual and small group insurance markets
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It is approximately seven years since the inauguration of the famous Obamacare which is widely known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Obamacare is a United States federal statute created and enacted during the reign of President Obama. This statute was mainly created to increase the quality of health insurance and its affordability in the country as well as lowering the uninsured rate through the expansion of insurance coverage and reduce the cost of healthcare. Despite
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the health care reform of the U.S. health care system. It was not until a month later into his presidency in the year 2009 that President Obama addressed the issue of the high rising cost of health care and the millions of people in the United States being uninsured. It was not until March 23th 2010‚ after much debate that President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)‚ the U.S. health care reform legislation. The primary objective of the PPACA act is to “provide
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United States healthcare system over the years. However‚ the most recent attempt that has been implemented is the Affordable Care Act‚ under the Obama Administration. As a result‚ since 2010 changes have been implemented to reform the United States healthcare industry‚ which affects the insurers‚ providers‚ and the subscribers in different ways. Consequently‚ the Affordable Care Act does not have full support from everyone and it faces numerous challenges (Bodenheimer & Grumbach‚ 2012). Overall
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Understanding Health Insurance Needs for Small Businesses in the U.S. to Formulate the Information Technology Strategy Executive Summary The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will significantly impact the small business sector of the United States. The case study conducted by Rahul Bhaskar‚ Steven G. Mihaylo‚ and Yi “Jenny” Zhang focuses on health insurance needs for small businesses and information technology strategy. The cases analysis discuss the problems
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