Annette Shifflett POL 210 J. Pedigo The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act‚ which was signed by President Barack Obama on March 23‚ 2010‚ put into place healthcare and insurance reforms intended to assist all Americans in their endeavor to obtain affordable healthcare and insurance. Those Americans‚ who had been previously unable to obtain even basic healthcare because they made too much money for Medicaid but could not afford to pay insurance
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Affordable Care Act‚ Helps or Hurts Brian Steensen HCS 571 January 14‚ 2014 Theresa Pichelmeyer Affordable Care Act‚ Helps or Hurts The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the most radical health care change through legislation by the United States government as Medicare. The Affordable Care Act has given over to the United States government the right to strictly regulate the whole of the health care system. The definition of socialism by Merriam-Webster is “any of various economic and political
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Key Components of Affordable Care Act Mary Kaiser HCS/455 March 16‚ 2015 Doris Chimera Key Components of Affordable Care Act The discussion for this paper addresses key elements of the Affordable Care Act. These areas include the following requirements for implementing this act among employers‚ employees on benefits and drawbacks of health insurance coverage. These areas will include coverage for the individual‚ businesses‚ expansion of coverage and what and who is covered under these types plans
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The biggest issue that Affordable Care Act influence people is that it create unbalance between health care spending and income growth. Increased costs for individuals‚ families‚ and businesses‚ resumption of excessive health care spending and middle-class taxation will be much higher and will be a huge burden not only for the nation but also for each small parties. “In fact‚ for the past 40 years real‚ per capita health care spending has been growing at twice the rate of growth of real‚ per capita
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(“The Affordable Care‚ n.d.”‚ p. 1). As a result‚ seniors received no additional money to cover the cost of prescription drugs. The Affordable Care Act will provide additional discounts for seniors on Medicare to defray the cost of prescription medications and will close the gap by 2020 (“The Affordable Care‚ n.d.”). Also‚ all 741‚000 seniors in Maryland will receive free preventative services which include wellness exams and preventative screening for cancer at no cost (“The Affordable Care‚ n
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Davie Padilla Professor Arnold September 26‚ 2013 Obama Care Healthcare for our Future Obama care will provide affordable health insurance for all United States citizens and reduce the growth in healthcare spending. The reason so many Americans are without healthcare is due to the high cost and access of insurance. Healthcare reform has been evolving throughout centuries. In the early 1920s insurance did not exist and many Americans were paying out of pocket. Healthcare was less costly
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Alicia Rodgers HSA 505 – Health Services Planning and Marketing Dr. Gwendolyn Francavillo October 23‚ 2011 Abstract There have many attempts to reconstruct our nation’s health care system. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act‚ better known as Health Care Reform‚ is a federal law that was passed on March 23‚ 2010. This statute was passed in order to guarantee medical care and insurance coverage to all Americans; reduce costs of coverage;
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Student Discussion Questions: 1. What countries provide some form of free‚ universal health care for their citizens? 2. A medical professional who supports universal health care outlined a History of Universal Health Care Efforts in the U.S. She listed some American beliefs‚ values and political ideas that help explain why the United States does not provide government-run‚ free universal healthcare‚ the way that many other countries do. These beliefs‚ values and ideas include: interest-group
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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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controversial topic for many years. Most people tend to think‚ assuming they live in the United States‚ that all citizens should have some form of access to health care. But in reality‚ many people are unable to afford health insurance so they end up going without health care because that in itself is also expensive. Even when the Affordable Care Act was put into place‚ people were still facing the lack of coverage due to the high cost of insurance‚ absence of employment providing health insurance‚ and people
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