The Affordable Healthcare Act is a health care law that gives Americans more affordable and accessible health insurance‚ so they can be back in charge of their health care. It was originally called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) in 2010 and is now called Affordable Care Act (ACA) or ObamaCare for short. The law was made with the intention of improving the quality and lowering the cost of healthcare. The act provides small business health insurance tax credits‚ provides free
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act also called the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law on March 23‚ 2010. It has been the source of many heated political debates and has been under scrutiny since its inception. Currently‚ 18 percent of our U.S. gross domestic product is spent on healthcare‚ that equals out to approximately 2.9 trillion dollars and we don’t have the quality care to show as the results. With the costs continually increasing and the lack of positive results‚
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the United States being uninsured. It was not until March 23th 2010‚ after much debate that President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)‚ the U.S. health care reform legislation. The primary objective of the PPACA act is to “provide quality affordable health care for Americans” (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid). Furthermore‚ the PPACA has the potential to “improve the role of public programs‚ improve the quality and efficiency of health care‚ and prevent chronic
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 The Supreme Court ruled on June 28‚ 2012 that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 also known as the ObamaCare Act is to be upheld‚ even the controversial parts‚ where people without health insurance will have to pay a fine starting in 2014. The ObamaCare Act was started to “help reduce overall health care costs by making services available to 32 million who currently cannot get health insurance”(useconomy.about.com‚ part of
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Governmentʼs Role Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) Health Economics and Policy- HSM 544-61599 DeVry University- Keller Graduate School of Management Case Study 2 Professor Alan Fowler December 3‚ 2012 Respectfully Submitted by Wanda H. Jones INTRODUCTION The quality and cost problems of the U.S. health care system are not going away. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) proclaims that the system is in need of “fundamental change” and that “patients‚ doctors‚ nurses
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It is approximately seven years since the inauguration of the famous Obamacare which is widely known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Obamacare is a United States federal statute created and enacted during the reign of President Obama. This statute was mainly created to increase the quality of health insurance and its affordability in the country as well as lowering the uninsured rate through the expansion of insurance coverage and reduce the cost of healthcare. Despite
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The Affordable Care Act (ACA)‚ also known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)‚ was enacted in 2010. It is an act currently in progress‚ that opens doors to many ethical issues and dilemmas. The act is designed to take effect in stages over a set of years. There are many provisions of this act‚ but the basic provisions are that health insurance providers will no longer be able to deny coverage to individuals with current or prior health issues and each policy provided by health
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economy. The Affordable Care Act‚ implemented by former President Barack Obama‚ has put millions of people in debt and millions people in the United States are at risk of bankruptcy. The government forces people to have health insurance even if they do not want it. Young adults are also forced to heave health insurance‚ even though they might not need it because of their healthy lifestyle. Some people cannot afford the costs of health insurance but they must have it according to the Act. The government
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The Affordable Care Act withstood many trials on its way toward becoming reality‚ from epic congressional battles‚ to a pivotal Supreme Court ruling‚ to — finally — yesterday’s Presidential election. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Obama’s reelection means his health-care reform act has dodged its last bullet‚ and the age of universal mandates‚ penalty taxes and tax credits will almost certainly go into effect‚ although probably not exactly as scheduled on Jan. 1‚ 2014. What do you need to
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“Successful health reform must not just make health insurance affordable‚ affordable health insurance has to make health care affordable” (Elizabeth Edwards). Universal health care is one of the primary goals the United States wants for all Americans. The fight for universal health care dates back to 1993 when Bill Clinton suggested a reform bill for employers to provide health insurance‚ but the Senate rejected it and proposed individuals instead of employees to buy insurance. This specific proposal
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