Impact of the Affordable Care Act Donna Proctor Walden University NURS-6050N Section 1‚ Policy & Advocacy for Population Health October 2‚ 2014 Impact of the Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law by President Barack Obama early in 2010. The ACA was introduced into law to help provide access to affordable and quality health insurance to more Americans than ever before. The goal was to reduce health care cost for individuals and government. It has allowed more adults
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Affordable Care Act‚ Helps or Hurts Brian Steensen HCS 571 January 14‚ 2014 Theresa Pichelmeyer Affordable Care Act‚ Helps or Hurts The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the most radical health care change through legislation by the United States government as Medicare. The Affordable Care Act has given over to the United States government the right to strictly regulate the whole of the health care system. The definition of socialism by Merriam-Webster is “any of various economic and political
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act also called the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law on March 23‚ 2010. It has been the source of many heated political debates and has been under scrutiny since its inception. Currently‚ 18 percent of our U.S. gross domestic product is spent on healthcare‚ that equals out to approximately 2.9 trillion dollars and we don’t have the quality care to show as the results. With the costs continually increasing and the lack of positive results‚
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Geetika Ghai December 1‚ 2012 HSCI 190 Obama Care The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act‚ commonly known as Obama Care has been a hot controversial topic that aroused back in 2008 when President Obama‚ at that time Senator Obama put onto the plate while running for the presidential seat. While there are many different perspectives related to this topic‚ it is up to each individual to decide whether it is beneficial or detrimental. In this day and age where the cost of living
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(“The Affordable Care‚ n.d.”‚ p. 1). As a result‚ seniors received no additional money to cover the cost of prescription drugs. The Affordable Care Act will provide additional discounts for seniors on Medicare to defray the cost of prescription medications and will close the gap by 2020 (“The Affordable Care‚ n.d.”). Also‚ all 741‚000 seniors in Maryland will receive free preventative services which include wellness exams and preventative screening for cancer at no cost (“The Affordable Care‚
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Low Income Housing Community Low Income Housing Community Low income housing is a unique geopolitical and phenomenological community that is within identified boundaries and a governing system that share common goals and interests. Within this type of community people may have barriers and challenges that they are facing every day to live comfortably in their habitat. The community nurse will assess the people of the community by using Gordon’s 11 functional health patterns and utilizing the
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available to all Americans and would be much more affordable.When the Affordable Care Act was established‚ there were 27 million previously uninsured people that would gain coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Thanks to this new healthcare establishment‚ “about 16.4 million Americans gained health care coverage and the uninsured rate had been reduced by more than a third “Health”. The first example was that when the Affordable Care Act was first released many people knew that this was exactly what
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The Canadian Housing Market ISU Essay Markets are what drive the global economy skyward; as they create an environment for wants and needs. To define the word market by relating it to economics‚ simply it means “the demand for a particular commodity or service.” (Oxford Dictionaries‚ 2010) Now‚ being able to fulfil ones wants and needs stems from the idea of creating a market equilibrium of supply and demand in a certain economy. More
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Abstract The current housing crisis in Maryland has devastated much of the inner city of Baltimore and surrounding counties. The economic collapse of 2008 has left many Maryland residences unemployed or underemployed. The direct impact of the economic collapse has left homeowners wondering how they will pay their mortgages and keep food on the table. Maryland homeowners have been struggling to make ends meet. Some of the issues that are being faced have to do with the predatory lending practices
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Pinnacle Public Housing and its Uniqueness The Pinnacle at Duxton in the Singapore city can be defined as the most unique Real Estate project‚ which was undertaken as well as created in the year of 1963 and as the days went‚ newer reformations went on getting introduced. In recent time it can be easily called as one of the best Real Estate Project which is extremely surpassing as well as buyer or the customer oriented too. It is a huge Real Estate project which general is inclusive of almost 1850
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