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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ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF USING QUANTITATIVE VERSUS QUALITATIVE METHODS Raul Ventura Prof. Donna Comrie PAD 4723 April 12‚ 2017 Obamacare Research is the careful inquiry or investigation of a given subject or any topic with a view of bringing out new facts about a particular branch of knowledge. It can be defined as the art in the science of search for new knowledge through queries and analysis. The primary purpose of research is to achieve new insight for better familiarity
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healthcare industry is so large‚ America’s economy will also feel repercussions of change. On March 23‚ 2010‚ President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law. The act‚ nicknamed “Obamacare‚” is the largest healthcare reform since 1965 when Medicare/Medicaid bill was signed. Obamacare was put into place to help decrease the cost of health insurance in the United States so that everyone can have affordable and quality healthcare (Samual). “There will be a competitive insurance market
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In my opinion‚ the most challenging issues in healthcare today are the rising costs of health insurance premiums that do not cover much or have high deductibles that are too high for many people to pay. While it is wonderful that millions of people‚ who were uninsured or had pre-existing conditions‚ gained health insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act‚ it is not wonderful that health insurance has become unaffordable for millions of other people. According to the New York Times‚ an estimated
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President Obama in March 2010‚ is currently being strongly supported and opposed by U.S. citizens. Which healthcare plan is right for America‚ whether it be ObamaCare or not‚ is a controversial debate regarding quality‚ coverage‚ and government involvement. Although there are many valid health care systems‚ because the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) offers assistance to those who cannot afford or are not provided health insurance through employee benefits‚ and gives tens of millions of low-income and
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Most importantly‚ the 1905 Jacobsen v. Massachusetts was a Supreme Court case whereby the Court upheld the ultimate states’ authority to impose compulsory vaccination laws. It articulated that an individual’s freedom should at times be subjected to the states’ police power and subordinated to the collective public welfare. The Court decision in the case elicited numerous questions regarding the state government’s power to safeguard the public’s health‚ as well as the protection of personal liberty
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Problem: The Affordable Care Act also known as Obamacare is a law that was passed in March of 2010‚ with hopes of reforming the Unites States health care system. The main problem surrounding this policy is that fact that nearly 7 million people and counting were uninsured. Also‚ millions of citizens have
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If you’re confused about Obamacare‚ you’re not alone. Over the past several years‚ every survey on the subject has revealed that Americans consistently fail to correctly identify the provisions that are actually in the Affordable Care Act. In April‚ a poll found that 40 percent of Americans weren’t sure about whether Obamacare was still law at all. Administration officials are racing against the clock to reverse those incorrect public perceptions‚ ramping up their outreach efforts before the health
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Wednesday the Obamacare website is too slow and too many people "have gotten stuck" in it‚ adding "I’m not happy about it." The President said in Boston that he takes "full responsibility for making sure it gets fixed ASAP." He added that people who have their individual health care policies discontinued should "just shop around in the new marketplace" for better plans. [Original story moved at 4:20 p.m. ET] She apologized for the "miserably frustrating" problems with the Obamacare website and promised
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created and caused a lot of debate and “chaos” is Obamacare. There has always been a lot of concern and doubt as to how and if this massive program and undertaking was going to work and how it would be run and supervised. The American population learned that the IRS would be the agency responsible and directly in charge of running and overseeing Obamacare. Even before this IRS scandal came about‚ having the IRS directly linked to and in charge of Obamacare was not a popular choice at all. Most were very
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