Introduction The Consumer Protection Act 1999 (CPA) is an act with the objective to protect the consumers’ right which came into force in Malaysia on 15th November 1999. Basically‚ the provisions of this act cover areas not covered by other existing laws. This act provides simple and inexpensive redressal to the consumer’s grievances and relief of a specific nature for example from ‘false’‚ ‘misleading’ or ‘deceptive’ as to conduct‚ representation or practice and that they shall not be practiced
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outcomes or disease prevention. The supplier-induced market has forced medical providers to base treatment recommendations on economic necessity. Complex billing and insurance operations have caused administrative costs to skyrocket. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) aims to correct these inefficiencies by reducing personal
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The year of 1968 was also an important year for gun control. The Gun Control Act was fueled by assassinations of John F. Kennedy‚ Martin Luther King‚ and Robert Kennedy. The Gun Control Act meant stricter regulations; license requirements were expanded to include all dealers and a more detailed record keeping was expected of them. This act essentially defined those who were banned from possessing firearms. Handgun sales were restricted over state lines; the list of people who could not buy guns
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Amber Harris Diane Mercer Honors English 1 23 April 2016 Affordable Care Act Affordable Care Act is the notion of affordability and the role of health insurance in making otherwise unaffordable health care affordable (Nyman and Trenz 264). The Affordable Care Act gives every American a right to health care through Obamacare. Millions of Americans have benefitted by receiving insurance coverage through the ACA. Many of these people were unemployed or had low-paying jobs. Some could not work because
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Nothing is being done to prevent this discrimination‚ so we suggest putting a law into place‚ which would be the Fair Housing Act. The Fair Housing Act is an act that permits landlords from discriminating against minorities. It also keeps other tenants from physically harming or using racial slurs in public towards these minorities. One of the reasons the Fair Housing Act should be placed into law is to keep the African American population safe from harm. An article‚ “Housing and Race” states‚ “Sometimes
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Assignment: The Welfare Reform Act The Welfare Reform Act is better known as the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996‚ this was created by former President Clinton. Clinton vowed to stop welfare‚ he wanted it to be someone’s right not just a privilege to receive aid. Clinton wanted to help the needy people who actually needed help‚ but many people were angry with the changes that it made. Clinton did not think that people’s reactions would be so negative‚ but they
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While the U.S. healthcare system has undergone extensive changes since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) became law‚ in some respects the system remains consistent with pre ACA-models. U.S. healthcare is still divided into varying levels of insurance‚ all of which provide a unique set of benefits and all of which also illustrate associative strengths and weaknesses. Some of the compromises associated with the ACA`s passage in 2010 reflects this latter trend. While this law ultimately expanded Medicaid
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The chinese exclusion act was a federal law that did not allow people from china‚ asia‚ or the philippines to enter the united states for 10 years‚ which then became 20 years when they decided to add an additional 10 years Passed by congress and signed by President Chester A. Arthur‚ on May 6th‚ 1882 This act was the first act to not allow a certain race into the country for working jobs or anything Some chinese non laborers like teachers‚ students‚ merchants‚ travelers ets. had to have chinese
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losses in his business. The mobile company and the dealer objected to his claim and contended that the he had used the mobile for his business and so‚ he does not fall under the category of customer and cannot be covered under the Consumer Protection Act. The forum‚ however‚ said that the respondents were "deficient in their services" and had supplied a "defective" mobile to the consumer and ordered them to pay Rs 8‚900 towards the cost of the mobile‚ with an interest of 12% from the date of
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In light of the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)‚ how do you see these issues being corrected so that a majority of the population has access to quality health care? In the past eight years the health care system has seemed to make some form of normality within the population by created the Obamacare health system for many Americans that did not have the vita means of obtaining health insurance for themselves. This system gave many people with preexisting conditions more options that were
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