AFFORDABLE CARE ACT 1 Affordable Care Act Upper Iowa University AFFORDABLE CARE ACT 2 Abstract The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is also known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) this law is the landmark health reform legislation passed by the 111th Congress and was signed into law on March 23‚ 2010. The legislation includes a long list of health-related provisions that began taking effect in 2010 and will continue to be rolled out over the next four years
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Needs the Affordable Healthcare Act Brandon M. Speight Southern Illinois University Abstract When President Barack Hussein Obama ascended to power‚ he promised to transform the Health Care System in America to make it more affordable for lower and middle class citizens. The Affordable Care Act was met with
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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
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December 6‚ 2010 Professor Jones Medicare and Medicaid Medicaid and Medicare was created and called the Social Security Act of 1965 to provide coverage for medical treatment for qualified individuals and their families. Medicaid is a program that is jointly funded and managed by the federal and state governments that reimburse hospital and physician for providing care to qualified patients who cannot afford medical expense. To qualify for Medicaid he or she must be a United States or resident
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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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On March 23‚ 2010‚ President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law‚ putting in place comprehensive reforms that are intended to improve access to affordable health coverage for all U.S. citizens and to help protect consumers from abusive insurance company practices. Changes in the health care reform act will take place between 2010 through 2014; in 2014 the law will be fully implemented. The reform has many factors that can be considered good and bad. One is coverage. By a commonly cited
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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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The Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act‚ also known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act‚ or Obamacare‚ was put into law by President Barack Obama on March 23‚ 2010. The focus of the Act is a health care law geared towards improving the health care system of the United States by broadening medical coverage to more Americans‚ as well as protecting the existing health insurance policy holders. The Obama Administration‚ states that those people that already have
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Affordable Care Act Currently in the Human Services field there are many laws that are either in motion or are in the process of being so. With the given information‚ one law that’s been discussed a lot lately is the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act is “the nation’s health reform law that was enacted in March 2010” (APHA‚ 2014). This act has made an enormous impact on the way the human service field operates on a daily basis. The Affordable Care Act is one law that has brought more
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 2010 Quality‚ Affordable Health Care for all Americans Change Analysis: Title I Title I of the Affordable Care Act provides individuals‚ families‚ and small business owner control over their health care. This Act gives the middle-class the largest tax cut on health care our country has ever seen. Millions of working families and small businesses will benefit from decreased insurance premiums that will produce
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