THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT Impact of the Affordable Care Act The patient protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) is expected to have a major impact on the financing of healthcare‚ principally by expanding insurance coverage to approximately 32 million of the current 50.7 million uninsured by 2014. If the goal is reached‚ 95% of all Americans will have health insurance (Kovner& Knickman‚ 2011). The Affordable Care Act will expand coverage in two key ways: expanding Medicaid eligibility and
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Understanding the Public Health and the Law On September 23‚ 2010 new reforms under the Affordable Care Act begin to bring to an end some of the worst abuses of the insurance industry. “These reforms will give Americans new rights and benefits‚ including helping more children get health coverage‚ ending lifetime and most annual limits on care‚ and giving patients access to recommended preventive services without cost-sharing (Turnock‚ 2010).” These reforms will apply to all new health plans
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Overall the proposed ordinance is unconstitutional because it violates the Equal Protection through the use of a rigid quota system for hiring and the lack of past discrimination to remedy. Each clause in the ordinance gives a strict quota based on either race‚ gender‚ religion or wealth and education. By only allowing a specific designated number of seats for a non-preferred groups is a violation of the equal protection clause because it gives those in the preferred group unfair advantage. This principle
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Making Health Care Affordable: Lack of insurance in the United States leads to unnecessary deaths‚ loss of work‚ and unemployment due to disabilities‚ driving the country into debt taking on the emergency room fees piled up by the uninsured not being able to pay their bills‚ therefore‚ America desperately needs to implement a universal health care program like the health care programs in other developed nations around the world. Health care in a developed nation such as the United States of America
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The history of the Affordable Healthcare Act is not one to enjoy‚ but to cherish the memories while still alive. The article‚ Obamacare with Howard Waitzkin and Ida Hellander states the there were European countries that came together in the 1990s to make a competition that would end up into an insurance. This turned into a non profit insurance companies that were mostly located in the United States. The idea of Affordable Healthcare Act is from the past of the 1990s‚ that slowly made its way to
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Affordable Care Act Currently in the Human Services field there are many laws that are either in motion or are in the process of being so. With the given information‚ one law that’s been discussed a lot lately is the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act is “the nation’s health reform law that was enacted in March 2010” (APHA‚ 2014). This act has made an enormous impact on the way the human service field operates on a daily basis. The Affordable Care Act is one law that has brought more
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USA Patriot Act This Act may be cited as the "Uniting and Strengthening America Act" by providing appropriate tools required to intercept and obstruct terrorism. President Bush signed the Patriot Act on October 29‚ 2001. It passed and with no debate voted on; many members of congress did not fully read the act. Due to the anthrax scare many Congressman did not have access to their offices. Attorney General John Ashcroft silenced any debate by warning that anyone who contested the Act would be "akin
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Regardless of the statistical model you use‚ unsafe acts lead to injury. In fact‚ one statistical model states for every 300‚000 unsafe acts there will be 3‚000 near misses‚ 300 recordable injuries‚ and one death. Unfortunately it’s the little things in safety that account for many of the unsafe acts. A few examples in the workplace include: 1. Not wearing your safety glasses when going to the time clock from your locker. 2. Not tucking in your shirt tail or drawstrings. Not buttoning‚ snapping
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to Intercept or Obstruct Terrorism Acts of 2001‚ or colloquially referred to as the PATRIOT Act. While many will argue the PATRIOT Act is helpful in combating terrorism‚ critics argue it infringes on the 4th Amendment rights of US citizens. The PATRIOT Act significantly increased the powers of law
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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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