An essay on the Affordable Care Act The author wished to remain anonymous. The Affordable Care Blunder Abstract The new healthcare bill in the United States‚ called the Affordable Care Act‚ has changed American healthcare for the worse. There are three main groups besides politicians and the public who are most affected by this bill. There are associations like the American Medical Association who are concerned with the wide ranging global and national effects of the bill. There are individual
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act‚ commonly called the Affordable Care Act or colloquially Obamacare‚ is a United States federal statute signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23‚ 2010. Together with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act amendment‚ it represents the most significant regulatory overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system since the passage of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. The ACA was enacted to increase the quality and affordability of health insurance
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Obama enacted the Affordable Care Act. It place health insurance reforms which makes health care more affordable. It allows people to be in charge of their healthcare. This act has benefits for women‚ young adults‚ seniors‚ businesses‚ and pretty much everyone. It has many benefits such as providing protection against Health Care fraud‚ holding insurance companies accountable‚ consumer protections‚ improving and lowering healthcare costs‚ and allowing easier access to health care. It provides many
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The affordable Care Act Also known as Obama Care has been the most controversial topic that most Americans debate on. It wasn’t clear whether this would be beneficial for everyone. The main aim of the ACA was to increase healthcare access for low income Americans by providing affordable healthcare coverage‚ to improve the quality of healthcare‚ to reduce healthcare cost‚ and to regulate the healthcare insurance companies. Since the act was passed millions of uninsured Americans were able to get affordable
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Affordable Care Act The health care system in the United States is a social problem that in one way or another affects all of us. The country has been led by many presidents that had tried to change the course of the heath problem of the most industrialized country in the world. Leaving behind the vested interest and power of many‚ in 2010 the Affordable Care Act (commonly known as ‘Obamacare’) was born‚ thanks to the effort of President Obama. Today many citizens have health insurance and
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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 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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Amber Harris Diane Mercer Honors English 1 23 April 2016 Affordable Care Act Affordable Care Act is the notion of affordability and the role of health insurance in making otherwise unaffordable health care affordable (Nyman and Trenz 264). The Affordable Care Act gives every American a right to health care through Obamacare. Millions of Americans have benefitted by receiving insurance coverage through the ACA. Many of these people were unemployed or had low-paying jobs. Some could not work because
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The current issue that the government will have to face is what to do with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) given the recent presidential election outcome. The answer is not simple regarding whether the ACA should be replaced or repealed. The new president and congress will also have to focus on the costs of health care‚ driven by new drugs and treatments‚ an aging population‚ and how to preserve the Medicare program‚ whose current funding cannot be forever sustained. The ACA created subsidies and increased
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