Contemporary Health Care Issue: The Affordable Care Act Mary Kennedy Grand Canyon University HCA 530 Healthcare Policies and Economics Professor Steve Klense Contemporary Health Care Issue: The Affordable Care Act Introduction More than 45 million Americans are uninsured. Even those that do have health insurance often face financial and other barriers when getting healthcare. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) removes most of these financial barriers (Kocher‚ Emanuel‚ & DeParle‚ 2010). The
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2. Discuss the current health care problems of the American Indian and Alaska Native populations. American Indians and Alaska Native populations are faced with numerous health related problems and heath disparities today. It is interesting because they are caught in kind of a limbo between the “old ways” and the “new ways”. For the rest of the essay I am going to use the term “Native American” rather than American Indian. It seems more appropriate in today’s culture. The Native American
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of health care is a growing pandemic. One problem is the affordability of health care not all Americans have the money to pay per month. In some countries health care is free so why not us ? i believe that health care should be cheaper or free because how can they force you to have health care if you can barley afford it it does’’t make since. america is the land of the free and you should be able to choose whether u want it or not if it was more expensive then it would be better quality care but
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Many people simply debate on the topic of whether health care is a necessity or not‚ but I will get to that after I speak on how the ECONOMY IS BEING AFFECTED. I have a client that I was speaking to in regards to their largely franchised business and Obamacare. She explained that she now has to cut hundreds of employees hours because she cannot afford to pay for the new health care that is being required by the federal government. As a nation‚ we are now losing jobs because of Obamacare without even
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DQ # 3: What factors should you consider in determining an organization’s goals? Top-Managements are responsible to set goals and pass down to each divisional area or managers. Inside of the organization‚ the goal is real and not stated; which is the goal that many companies use outside of the organization. For instance‚ in my workplace the “stated goal” is; “Deliver the best programming for Latino Community and keep them well informed and bring them the most entertaining programming in the
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The price of health insurance is increasingly counting costing the American people thousand of dollars on premiums. And the quality of medical in the United States is among the best in the world. So having the government provide healthcare would be the best thing for all Americans. This type of health insurance would help the unemployed as well as the employed. While healthcare insurance continue to grow many companies choose not to hire permanent employees so they don’t have to pay the high
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Moral Issues from a Catholic Perspective ‘Withdrawal of life-sustaining medical treatment’. “And the dust goes back to the earth as it was‚ and the spirit goes back to God who gave it”. (Ecclesiastes 12:7). In order for me to comprehend and discuss the moral issue of withdrawal of life-sustaining medical treatment from a Catholic perspective‚ I needed to have an understanding of what Bioethics refers to. It is a shared reflective analysis and discussion of ethical issues in health care‚ health
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My choice topic for the benefits legislation paper is Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 also referred to as GINA. This new federal law will protect society from being treated unfairly because of the differences in their DNA that may affect their health. Genetic discrimination is the misuse of genetic information. Genetic information as defined by GINA including the following: An person’s genetic tests or the genetic tests of the individual’s family members‚ and the manifestation
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Mendoza HCS/335 4/13/2015 Robert Vella Administrative Ethics Paper There are many issues that trouble the health care industry. The technological revolution that has been taking place the last 20 years has not only taken the healthcare industry by storm‚ and revolutionized it‚ but it also has made it take a closer look at its privacy laws. “Patient’s rights are those basic rule of conduct between patient and medical care givers as well as institutions and people that support them” (Davis 2013).Being
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What current issues that affect communication in health care organization? There are several issues that affect communication. One of the most major issues are race and ethnic ‚ sometimes these issues does not just revolve around patient and provider encounter‚ but the entire health care organization. When it comes down to cultural differences it has a lot to deal with language barriers‚ belief‚ and practices. Some cultural backgrounds have different opinions on illnesses‚ their symptoms and what
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