To make matters worse the stagnant economy means that more people are requiring assistance. In most cases, different demographics of consumers are unable to afford health care coverage. This is because of the abusive practices that are used by the i Continue Reading...
affordable Care Act (also known as the ACA or Obamacare) on the elderly Obamacare: Its impact upon the elderly The impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) (often called 'Obamacare') upon America is often discussed by politicians as if it had a uni Continue Reading...
Affordable Care Act of 2010 Brief History of this Legislation -- How it Became Law When the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law by President Barack Obama in March, 2010, the legislative process was saturated with tension and heated rhetor Continue Reading...
Affordable Care Act (ACA) On March 2010, the U.S. Congress passed the Patient Affordable Care Act (ACA), a portion of legislation intended to redesign the nation's healthcare framework and amplify health protection to a huge number of uninsured Amer Continue Reading...
Critics of the ACA highlight several concerns, however, with the way that the law affects their businesses. For the 10,000 or so employers over 50 people who do not offer insurance, the cost per worker increases immediately. For companies just unde Continue Reading...
Affordable Care Act Legal Studies 101 Commerce Clause and the Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 was signed into law on March 23, 2010 and a number of provisions have already gone into effect and still others are scheduled t Continue Reading...
Obamacare The Cons of Obamacare As the beginning of 2014 rapidly approaches and the Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as "Obamacare," begins to take effect it is becoming more and more obvious that the system, as defined, is economically inf Continue Reading...
Affordable Care Act Impact Political scandals are often wrought with unintended consequences for unsuspecting political parties. The recent IRS scandal is no different in this regard. The interesting aspect regarding the scandal is its timing relati Continue Reading...
The Affordable Care Act means that health coverage will be required for almost every American and will be partially subsidized. However, it will not change the employer-centric, private-insurer-based system of financing and coverage. Demand for care Continue Reading...
Affordable Care Act Constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act: What Would Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson Say? The cornerstone of the recently-passed Affordable Care Act is the requirement that all Americans must buy some form of health Continue Reading...
"Twenty-one State Attorneys General have filed suits to protect their citizens from being forced, in violation of the Constitution, to purchase government-approved health insurance" (Obamacare: Impact on States 4). Doctors are drastically being cut Continue Reading...
Obamacare: The Details Obama's health care bill (23 March, 2010), passed by 219 votes to 212 in the House of Representatives with no Republican support, has been the biggest change in many years. In many ways a landmark, it will affect virtually eve Continue Reading...
But what is the real story of ACA and what are the legitimate complaints against it? According to a story in the New Republic (Cohn, 2010, p. 1) the Republican Party and Tea Party members have made hay this election season by attacking ACA. The GO Continue Reading...
References http://kff.org/health-reform/perspective/can-we-learn-from-aca-implementation-and-improve-the-law/Altman, D. (2013). Can We Learn From ACA Implementation and Improve the Law? Retrieved June 8th, 2013, from the Affordable Care Act: From Continue Reading...
Obamacare good for the economy? The issue must be looked at from three points-of-view, One the development that goes on in the health care and how the policy ahs affected the health care industry and particularly various sections of the society, se Continue Reading...
Obamacare health care premiums depends on location by Maureen Groppe (2013) narrates the story of how insurance premiums vary by different locations in the U.S. While many forms of price discrimination are disallowed under the Affordable Care Act, d Continue Reading...
Affordable Care Act working?," which was written by Margot Sanger-Katz and was published in the New York Times. The article takes a look at whether the Affordable Care Act, which came into effect a year ago, has had the desired impacts. The author b Continue Reading...
When the Affordable Care Act was upheld by the Supreme Court, several people commended the Court for refusing to remove the only social protection they had which was established and improved by the New Deal as well as the Great Society. The Hou Continue Reading...
Health Care Reforms Healthcare reform has been a national issue for some time and the ability to afford citizens the opportunity to adequate healthcare services is an interesting debate with many ideas and arguments both for and against the practic Continue Reading...
Laws and Health Care The health care industry has undergone massive overhaul in recent times and the impact of the laws and regulations that accompany this change have deep and resounding effects on the way professionals approach their industry. The Continue Reading...
Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (PPACA) legislation is patently an improvement to the health care delivery system. The mere fact that thousands upon thousands of people are receiving healthcare and medical service through the Affordable Care Continue Reading...
In an ideal world, every single person would be able to afford the medical care and attention they need throughout their lifespan. The Affordable Care Act, colloquially called Obamacare, set as its goal eventual universal healthcare coverage. Unfortu Continue Reading...
ACA The Affordable Care Act works on the premise that all Americans should have access to health care insurance. Because this is provided through insurance companies, the system is only enforceable under certain conditions. One of the key tenets of Continue Reading...
Affordable Care Act (ACA) was supposed to make health care just that -- affordable. But just a handful of years later, voices around the country are now being heard and the story is the same: health care costs have risen and services provided by hea Continue Reading...
Health Policy Analysis The author of this report has been asked to cover two major subjects over the course of four pages. The first half of the paper will pertain to a health policy topic of the author's choosing. The author will use a health polic Continue Reading...
government actors discussed in Chapter 10 of the text, Health Policy Analysis: An Interdisciplinary Approach are federal government actors, state governments, and local government. They are the ones that form policy and pass laws that protect and en Continue Reading...
Conservatives consistently argue for less and less support of the poor and those who cannot fully care for themselves, like children, the elderly, and those with disabilities while progressives argue precisely the opposite. Indeed, this is one of th Continue Reading...
The ACA does not by any means fully resolve this, but it makes strides towards addressing this critical issue of morality. The individual mandate is similar -- where the profit of one individual leads to the suffering of another, the suffering takes Continue Reading...
Political Structure in Obamacare ObamaCare is a law that the President Obama is extremely passionate about. He built a big part of his political career around healthcare reform. This law will allow millions of Americans who cannot afford health insu Continue Reading...
Universal healthcare does not provide adequate access to primary care and preventive services. Patients under Medicaid program find it extremely difficult to access healthcare system. Physician participation in Medicaid has been hampered by their lo Continue Reading...
Growth and Changes in Nursing Now that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the law of the land, nurses can expect to have even more responsibility and even more opportunities to use their skills. This paper reviews how the restructuring of the U.S. he Continue Reading...
Policy, Politics and Global Health Trends The Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was recently signed into law in America. This public policy impacts all citizens of the U.S.A. And has been controversial from its inception, not only b Continue Reading...
Current Status of Health Care in the United States Health care in the United States is in a state of legislative flux. The Affordable Care Act was passed in order to reduce the number of uninsured people in the country, as well as start to contain th Continue Reading...
Issues Driving Change in Healthcare Healthcare is driven by policy changes like those embedded in the Affordable Care Act, by shifting social norms and attitudes towards healthcare, and by demographic changes such as the aging population. The Afford Continue Reading...
Do the Pros Outweigh the Cons of the Affordable Care Act? Introduction Before the 1970s, the majority of people held hospital insurance. For instance in the ‘40s, only a tenth of the population actually had private health insurance. Just forty Continue Reading...
Republican stance on the Affordable Care Act has been decisively antagonistic and contrarian, and was machinated to address the main problem with the ACA, which is that it was authored by Obama. Likewise, Republican hostility toward the ACA represen Continue Reading...
Policy Analysis for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care ActToday, more than 23 million Americans are enrolled in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (hereinafter alternatively the Act), but this law remains a highly controversial po Continue Reading...
