I. Overview The purpose of this paper is to present a brief overview and timeline of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) that was signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23‚ 2010 and to discuss its potential impact on healthcare access‚ costs and quality‚ and insurance companies. . II. Healthcare Reform Timeline The PPACA includes comprehensive reforms that will take place over the next four years. It is intended to hold insurance companies more accountable‚ protect
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Knight 25 November 2013 ObamaCare Formally known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)‚ “ObamaCare” has many functions that are unknown to the public and because of this ignorance many people do not approve of it. As you continue reading‚ the facts about ObamaCare will be presented and then you can make an informed decision on whether or not you agree with the public policy. The Affordable Care Act was signed into law on March 23‚ 2010 by President Barack Obama to reform the health
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Most commonly referred to as “ObamaCare” the official name is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) or for short‚ the Affordable Care Act (ACA). President Barack Obama on March 23‚ 2010 signed the Affordability Care Act into law to reform the health care industry and it was later upheld by the supreme court on June 28th‚ 2012. “The goal of ObamaCare is to give more Americans access to affordable‚ quality health insurance‚ and to
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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‚
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The “Affordable Care Act of 2010” also known as “Obamacare” or “Health Care Reform Act of 2010” is a universal healthcare plan that was designed to allow Americans to be able to get quality health insurance that people would be able to afford‚ and to cut U.S health care spending down as well. Many Americans debated about whether or not it was beneficial for everyone or just certain people‚ so there are many advantage and disadvantages for Americas due to this reform. Many of the doctor visits and
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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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SURVEILLANCE ACT: ANALYSIS‚ PROS AND CONS INTRODUCTION The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is an Act of Congress passed in 1978 and signed by the then President Jimmy Carter. The Act stipulates the procedures to be followed when obtaining intelligence from foreign powers and agents of foreign powers both physically and electronically. The Act has been amended severally. In 2001‚ it was amended to involve groups and terrorist organizations not supported by foreign governments in an Act called
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Pros and Cons of Drug Legalization Pros and Cons of Drug Legalization Jessica DeLong NAU Abstract Legalizing drugs has been debated for many years‚ especially legalizing marijuana which is considered a “soft” drug. There are positive and negative outcomes of legalizing the use of drugs. Over the next few pages I will discuss those outcomes. Pros and Cons of Drug Legalization Pros: By legalizing‚ the violent crime rates would drop significantly. With the drug cartels on the top of
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Wilkins The Oral Care Imperative The Link Between Oral Hygiene and Aspiration Pneumonia Minn N. Yoon‚ BSc; Catriona M. Steele‚ PhD Oral health has increasingly become a priority issue for healthcare agencies in North America and worldwide. This review article attempts to (1) inform various healthcare providers of the risk factors that can arise from poor oral hygiene‚ specifically aspiration pneumonia; (2) report the mechanisms of bacterial colonization that are responsible for the development
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