The Affordable Care Act It has been asked if healthcare is a right or privilege‚ with the Affordable Care Act‚ coming into play it would appear to be no choice in the matter. Everyone will have to have some type of insurance coverage or pay a penalty. Congress is having a hard time trying to decide how to fund on this bill. Will the bill help or hurt America? Some issues I see are how will it hurt the small business owner‚ will some Americans lose full time job status so that the business owner
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Controversial Affordable Care Act: Good or bad? Affordable Care Act‚ also known as Obamacare‚ was signed in to law by President Obama on 23rd March‚ 2010 and the Health Insurance Exchange Marketplace just opened on 1st October‚ 2013. Some people disagree with this new law by saying that Obamacara would increase taxes and Obama is socialist. Is Obamacare really bad for American people? I think that Obamacare has more advantages than disadvantages for several reasons. First of all‚ the universal
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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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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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Affordable Care Act: Anything but Affordable The Affordable Care Act is a piece of legislation that aims to extend healthcare coverage to millions of Americans. This bill has divided the nation and in some circles discussions end in bitter arguments. Those that support the bill feel it is the nation’s moral duty to grant everybody coverage‚ and many of those that oppose the bill are alarmed at the fiscal implications it brings. The Affordable Care Act was summarized by Avik Roy as follows: Some
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An optimistic comparison of British National Healthcare and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act During the past 5 years we have heard a great deal of rhetoric regarding socialism and healthcare as a result of the passing of the Affordable Care Act‚ particularly in how ACA compares to socialized medicine in England and the UK. The concerns of the people regarding socialism are important as our country is founded on capitalist principals‚ and to change those principals requires
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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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| HEALTH BRIEF | Effective Community Mental Health Care in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | | Guadalupe Bernardez-Hicks | 1/20/2011 | | HEALTH BRIEF Effective Community Mental Health Care in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act By Guadalupe Bernardez-Hicks INTRODUCTION: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA)‚ includes expansion of mental health services available
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The policy to be analysis is The Affordable Care Act (Obama Care) that was implemented in 2010. The Affordable Care Act is a very comprehensive and now complexed health care system that is being changed. Over centuries there has been many reforms‚ discussions and controversies surrounding the debate over affordable health care for Americans and their families. And Obama Care is proposed to be what Americans can benefit from and afford. However‚ there is a downside to this insurance. The individual
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