The Affordable Care Act (ACA) also known as ObamaCare‚ has several provisions that are intended to find solutions to underlying issues in the United States as to how the health care is delivered to patients and how the health care provided is paid for. These previsions made in the ACA focus on three broad areas: testing new delivery models and spreading successful ones‚ encouraging the shift toward payment based on the value of care provided‚ and developing resources for system wide improvement.
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Running Head: “Affordable Care Act – Assignment 3” President Obama’s Affordable Care Act – Assignment 3 Strayer University Dr. Neely PAD 510 August 25‚ 2013 Abstract This is Assignment 3 for the Affordable Care Act. This paper contains the corrected Assignment 1 and 2 as well as Assignment 3 which is the Position Paper. The Affordable Care Act is a frequently discussed topic today by Americans. The Affordable Care Act is supposed to allow all Americans to have
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act also called the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law on March 23‚ 2010. It has been the source of many heated political debates and has been under scrutiny since its inception. Currently‚ 18 percent of our U.S. gross domestic product is spent on healthcare‚ that equals out to approximately 2.9 trillion dollars and we don’t have the quality care to show as the results. With the costs continually increasing and the lack of positive results‚
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“Successful health reform must not just make health insurance affordable‚ affordable health insurance has to make health care affordable” (Elizabeth Edwards). Universal health care is one of the primary goals the United States wants for all Americans. The fight for universal health care dates back to 1993 when Bill Clinton suggested a reform bill for employers to provide health insurance‚ but the Senate rejected it and proposed individuals instead of employees to buy insurance. This specific proposal
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The Affordable Healthcare Act is a health care law that gives Americans more affordable and accessible health insurance‚ so they can be back in charge of their health care. It was originally called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) in 2010 and is now called Affordable Care Act (ACA) or ObamaCare for short. The law was made with the intention of improving the quality and lowering the cost of healthcare. The act provides small business health insurance tax credits‚ provides free
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Question No. 1 Answer: Affordable care act which is also called as Obama care act is a very hot topic for discussion regarding its benefits and drawbacks. Both advantages and disadvantages of affordable care act are visible to every person. Based on the disadvantages of affordable care act‚ it should be repealed. The repealing of affordable care act will bring many advantages. There are many reasons of repealing of affordable care act such as it has cause a huge increase in spending for healthcare
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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 or ACA has been a very controversial law. The Affordable Care Act contains many benefits‚ particularly for low and middle income families and businesses. The Affordable Care Act also contains some obstacles for high earners‚ and larger firms that don’t insure their employees. Affordable Care Act is enjoyed mostly by pro low and middle income Americans‚ especially in states that expanded Medicaid eligibility. Since Affordable Care Act works on a sliding scale‚ Affordable Care
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The Affordable Care Act‚ Helping or Hurting? Merriam-Webster’s definition of socialism is “any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods”. The Affordable Care act permits the U.S. Government to strictly regulate the health care system‚ almost to the point of eventual monopolization. The act is also known as “Obamacare”‚ even though it is a program Democrats have sought to pass
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) signed into law by president Obama on March 23‚ 2010 is arguably the most extensive reform of health care law ever to be enacted in the U.S. It will impact the way professionals practice health care‚ the way insurance companies handle health care as a product‚ and the way consumers purchase and use health care as a service. The Affordable Health Care Act is primarily aimed at reducing the number
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