Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the new health care reform law in America and is often called by its nick-name Obamacare. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are made up of the Affordable Health Care for America Act‚ the Patient Protection Act‚ and the health care related sections of the The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act and the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act. It also includes amendments to other laws like the Food‚ Drug and Cosmetics Act and the
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The Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act The Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care‚ also known by its nickname “Obamacare”‚ is federal healthcare legislation that was passed through congress and signed by President Barack Obama on March 23‚ 2010. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was designed to provide affordable health insurance for everyone in the country. The ACA faced many legal challenges after President Obama signed it into law‚ and the legal proceedings ended with
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Affordable Care Act Topics Joseph L. Mitchell‚ Jr. January 22‚ 2014 HCS/490 Dr. Michael Minor Summaries The Marketplace is a new method of finding health coverage that best fits an individuals needs and budget. Prior to the Affordable Care Act being approved‚ individuals were not able to acquire health insurance benfits as easily as it is now. Individuals simply apply for coverage based on options that available on the Marketplace website. Regardless of the state one lives in‚ he or she
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Yolanda Raqueno HCS/455 April 17‚ 2013 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act The goal of this essay is to discuss the health care system in the United States. Another aim of this essay is to discuss the health policy‚ to improve‚ and to reduce inequalities. In the United States the private insurance system is a major provider of health care services‚ health care system is expensive and in many cases not efficient. This essay focuses
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The Affordable Care Act becomes law. On March 23‚ 2010‚ President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act. The law puts in place comprehensive health insurance reforms that will roll out over four years and beyond‚ with most changes taking place by 2014. Others have already begun The House Repeal Vote: Inside the War on Health Care Reform By Kate Pickert Wednesday‚ Jan. 19‚ 2011 Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0‚9171‚2041088‚00.html#ixzz1ay5hIqDl In the nearly 10 months
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The Affordable Care Act It has been asked if healthcare is a right or privilege‚ with the Affordable Care Act‚ coming into play it would appear to be no choice in the matter. Everyone will have to have some type of insurance coverage or pay a penalty. Congress is having a hard time trying to decide how to fund on this bill. Will the bill help or hurt America? Some issues I see are how will it hurt the small business owner‚ will some Americans lose full time job status so that the business owner
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Controversial Affordable Care Act: Good or bad? Affordable Care Act‚ also known as Obamacare‚ was signed in to law by President Obama on 23rd March‚ 2010 and the Health Insurance Exchange Marketplace just opened on 1st October‚ 2013. Some people disagree with this new law by saying that Obamacara would increase taxes and Obama is socialist. Is Obamacare really bad for American people? I think that Obamacare has more advantages than disadvantages for several reasons. First of all‚ the universal
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Standards of Culturally Competent Care Nur 531 April 8‚ 2013 Annette Marget Standards of Culturally Competent Care In 1963 Bob Dylan wrote the words "For the times they are a-changing" as part of the lyrics for a popular song of his. During the current millennium the term "global economy" has become a key word throughout the world of finance. These two well-known expressions are precursors to today ’s major issue of "cultural competency". The world has changed and is global in many aspects
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Professor Iwanek Govt 2305 10/06/13 Executive Summary on The Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the new health care reform law otherwise known as ObamaCare. The ACA attempts to reform the healthcare system through affordable quality health insurance‚ and by reducing the increase of healthcare spending. Reforms include new benefits‚ rights and protections‚ rules for insurance companies‚ taxes‚ tax breaks‚ funding‚ spending‚ the creation of committees‚ education‚ new job creation
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THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT Impact of the Affordable Care Act The patient protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) is expected to have a major impact on the financing of healthcare‚ principally by expanding insurance coverage to approximately 32 million of the current 50.7 million uninsured by 2014. If the goal is reached‚ 95% of all Americans will have health insurance (Kovner& Knickman‚ 2011). The Affordable Care Act will expand coverage in two key ways: expanding Medicaid eligibility and
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