Debate Team paper on Obama Care Our team’s debate topic covers a controversial issue within the Affordable Care Act in America‚ known as Obamacare. Obamacare is the universal health care in the United States that provides Americans access to affordable‚ quality health insurance‚ with a goal of reducing growth in healthcare spending. This universal health plan is technically a mandate or tax‚ in which non-compliers may be penalized through their federal return. Our topic debates whether Americans
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National Health Care Spending in the U.S. By Traci C Stewart May 12‚ 2014 HCS/440 Stephen Larson Introduction Health care in the United States is provided by many distinct organizations. Accordingly‚ the US Census Bureau (2010) reported that health care facilities are largely owned and operated by private sector businesses. While sixty-two percent of hospitals are non-profit‚ 20% are government owned‚ and 18% are for-profit. Furthermore‚ 60–65% of healthcare provision
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Mobile Health: What is the Holdup? Pablo Rivera Jr. Army- Baylor Graduate Program in Health and Business Administration August 21‚ 2012 Abstract In today’s world‚ the era of innovation is growing at a fierce pace; without limitations information technology can prove to be as harmful as it is helpful. This is especially applicable to the healthcare industry. The idea of paperless files is the way of doing business in the future. However‚ papers containing life and death implications such
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America’s Health care System “A Nation’s health system is a reflection of its values‚ resources‚ policies‚ and politics” (Pretzlaff Pg.54)‚ so when analyzing health care in America it mirrors the tolerance towards freedom of choice. The purpose of the free market system is to allow choice among individuals and competition within health care providers. The intention is for maximum products and quality service. Challenges of America’s health care system include free market competition‚ Affordable Care Act
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Affordable Care Act and the Rural American The United States in the past month has gone through a rollercoaster ride of events‚ from government shutdown to fiscal cliff deadline. All of these fall short to the main focus of this paper. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) will affect every person in the United States however; I will focus on the benefits of the ACA on the rural American. The ACA was passed in 2010. On October 1st‚ 2013 the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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SHOULD THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROVIDE HEALTH CARE FOR ALL CITIZENS WHO CANNOT AFFORD THEIR OWN? Health care is not a privilege. In fact‚ a good level and quality on healthcare should be an inalienable right for all people. Social class‚ status or economic situation shouldn’t dictate who live and enjoy of good health or who doesn’t. Healthcare in America should be universal‚ continuous‚ and affordable to all individuals and families. Although some of the states in the US are taking unilateral
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insurers know that Medicare Advantage is the only safe portion of the Affordable Care Act (Obama Care). Since last year the plan has added nearly 900‚000 members. According‚ to the latest federal data‚ the managed -care version of Medicare has grown to 18.7 million since December 2016. Almost 4 million members have enrolled in UnitedHealth Group‚ Humana‚ Aetna‚ and Kaiser Permanente alone. The Government must have a plan in place to insure America‚ why not build off the Medicare Advantage Plan? It
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requires an enormous amount of money. The U.S. spends the most money on health care yet many people‚ mainly the working class Americans are still without any type of health insurance and thus are more susceptible to health risks and problems. The concept of health insurance for Americans was formulated over a century ago. Most Americans obtain health insurance from employers or government programs‚ but some Americans are without health insurance. Most of them not being able to pay for it. In 2010‚ 49.9
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decision of voters is the health insurance reform plans laid out by each of the candidates. It will be this papers goal to breakdown and analyze the reform plans of candidate Barack Obama in his campaign for presidency. Obama’s plans for reform are clear and precise. He cites that the greatest problem with today’s health care system is the rising costs of health care itself which in turn has led to a large number of Americans left without coverage. His plan for health care insurance “begins by covering
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likely to acknowledge and accept a person’s point of view if they are confident that they know what they are talking about. For example‚ Ron Paul on the opposing side‚ comments during the CNN Debate on January 19‚ 2012 when asked about universal health care saying‚ “Thank you‚ I thought maybe you were prejudiced against doctors or doctors who practiced medicine in the military or something” (Sweet). Ron Paul successfully utilized the concept of ethos. At the very beginning he informs every one of
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