Significant Health Care Event: Affordable Care Act Tiffany L. Boldon University of Phoenix Abstract The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) (ACA) or Obamacare is the most signification change the U.S. medical system since Medicare and Medicaid reform during the 1960’s. The Affordable Care Act or ACA is designed to ensure that all Americans have medical coverage. It gives those that were uninsured a means to now have health insurance‚ offers a more affordable coverage to those
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Western world from the 1960s to the 1980s . Sexual liberation was focused on change referring to acceptance of sex outside of traditional marriages‚ the normalization of contraception such as the pill‚ premarital sex‚ homosexuality and the legalization of abortion all followed. Even though we are focusing on the Sexual Revolution of the 1960-1980s‚ the term "sexual revolution" has been referred to since the late 1920s. Some people believed the sexual revolution of 1960–1980 was the second sexual
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Significant events in the 20th century In the 20th century‚ a countless number of events took place such as social‚ economic‚ and political that had a huge impact on America and literature. The impacts over the past 20th century affected Americans greatly‚ that many might think just how much more can people endure. For example‚ I researched the latter part of the 20th century taking one major event from each decade to understand the changes. First‚ the 1956 Highway Act had both economic and social
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The Revolution resulting in America was the most significant event in American History. This country would not be here without it. The Revolution led to an establishment of a constitution and a new foundation to start a country. We would still be part of England had we not had the Revolution. The constitution set up a basis upon which the most powerful nation in the world would grow. <br><br>The Civil War is also one of the most influential events that helped to shape the United States. The division
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In the 1950s and 1960s there lived the idea “Separate but Equal”. This idea made it seem like it was just to segregate african americans from the rest of the U.S. The blacks used to idea of non-violence to solve this problem‚ even though the whites only used Violence and bullets. One of the first non-violent acts carried out by the African Americans was the Montgomery Bus Boycott. This was caused because there was heavy segregation on buses‚ where all blacks had to sit at the back the whole time
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Throughout the time period that we have studied‚ I believe that there were three events that had the most significant impact on American life. Progressivism was the most important outcome from these years. Another major outcome is the Birth Control Movement. The Freedman’s Bureau is the last major result from this time period. Between 1865 and early 1920’s‚ the country changed from a rural nation to an urban one. Progressivism is the reform movement of the 1900’s. It dealt with people from the middle
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The American Revolution served as one of the most significant events in world history up until its point and time and even time after. Arguably‚ it still is today‚ but the idea of the war is the source of debate among historians. The American Revolution is thought to be a true "revolution"‚ in the way that it brought radical changes in the form of obliterating the monarchy. From the view of spectators outside the colonies‚ the revolution represented colonists‚ small farming workers who were disbanded
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When I sit back and consider the significant events in my past‚ the important aspects of my current life‚ and my future goals‚ the underlying theme is one of appreciating diversity‚ especially across ethics and strength. I was born and raised in Hefei‚ China‚ the product of my father with roots in village and my mother of citizen. My childhood life was similar to the most people‚ but it was the importance of the phase for me. The stage gave me an impressive memory. In my early years of education
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better myself by going back to school; the idea of me back in school sitting in classes day after day sounded boring as nothing I ever thought so I‚ looked online for different online schools to choose from and the University of phoenix came as the most interesting of all the schools. I have a goal for myself‚ that is to achieve a lever of education‚ so that I can be a better
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Significant Health Care Event: Ebola Outbreak Gilberto Colon HCS/531 13 October 2014 George De Rosa Significant Health Care Event: Ebola Outbreak Ever since the Ebola virus was discovered in West Africa in 1976‚ it has become the most resilient and lethal virus known to date. The Ebola virus has become one of the most fatal diseases in the world (Evans & Kaslow‚ 1997). The latest outbreak of this disease in West Africa has infected over 70 people and out of those‚ 43 infected
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