The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has become the most controversial topic‚ and the most important health care problem facing the American people today. As a Health care Administrator the Affordable Care Act (ACA) affects the everyday job function. Nonetheless‚ the debates taking place in the future of the Affordable Care Act keep us paying attention to what is taking place. Health Administrator has to know all of the latest changes taking place. Strategies‚ job functions and health laws will all have
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Devry University | Affordable Care Act | Health Care Policy | | Glen Tepper | 2/24/2013 | | Affordable Care Act The affordable care act was passed by congress and then signed into law by the President on March 23‚ 2010. On June 28th 2012 the Supreme Court rendered a final decision on the law. The affordable care act also known as the health care law offers clear choices for consumers and provides new ways to hold insurance companies accountable. As of September 23‚ 2012
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The Affordable Care Act is considered one of the most important health care legislation enacted in the United States since the creation of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. The law employed comprehensive reforms designed to improve the accessibility‚ affordability‚ and quality of health care.1 The ACA has not affected health outcomes directly‚ however‚ access to care has improved and readmissions rate has dropped which reflects methods of processes of care. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’
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Historical Misrepresentation of the Affordable Care Act Affordable Care Act also known as ObamaCare is a statute signed into a law by President Barack Obama on March‚ 23 2010. This act is a part of a health care reform which among other things will change and regulate requirements for employers group insurance plans as well as private health plans and public health programs. Ever since ACA was introduced it has been
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The Affordable Health Care Act: A solution that addresses the importance of health promotion and non-communicable disease prevention in a globalizing world economy. According to the World Health Organization‚ health encompasses the direct and indirect factors that affect physical‚ mental‚ and social well-being‚ which includes the ability to function within the context of the political‚ economic‚ social‚ environmental‚ cultural‚ ecological‚ agricultural‚ demographical‚ scientific research‚ ethical
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Terms Comparison Paper Within the world of health care economics‚ the United States “for-profit” health care system‚ strife with inflated costs and barriers to access‚ is in a process of reform. Rising insurance premiums‚ capitation‚ and market competition that discourage the consumption of unnecessary services currently reward providers for their focus on acute‚ episodic treatments‚ rather than encouraging improved health outcomes or disease prevention. The supplier-induced market has forced
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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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Which is the right choice for Affordable Care Act? America’s healthcare industry shows us one of the most revealing contradictions in the country’s economy. Even though America claims itself to be the world’s most advanced superpower‚ it is still unable to provide its entire population with healthcare. “Obamacare” is affordable for everyone based in their incomes‚ but there are still too many people without health insurance. The problem is that Democrats and Republicans do not compromise with each
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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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the heaviest health care investments and records comparatively high utilization of health funds. Another challenge that could arise is and escalation of costs due to mergers and acquisitions among providers and insurance companies. The financial implications of administering the health care sector due to the existing bureaucracy are another threat that can result in increased health care costs (Schoen‚ 2016). Criticisms of the Affordable Care Act Criticisms of Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) had existed
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