Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Yolanda Raqueno HCS/455 April 17‚ 2013 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act The goal of this essay is to discuss the health care system in the United States. Another aim of this essay is to discuss the health policy‚ to improve‚ and to reduce inequalities. In the United States the private insurance system is a major provider of health care services‚ health care system is expensive and in many cases not efficient. This essay focuses
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decentralization became a rising trend in the 1950’s‚ the families of the disabled became strong advocates for community-based alternatives to institutional care. Medicaid provides coverage for a range of individuals including children‚ non-disabled adults‚ pregnant woman‚ individuals with disabilities‚ and seniors. Medicare and Medicaid were signed into law on July 30‚ 1965 by President Lyndon B. Johnson for low income individuals and families who have few resources for medical coverage insurance
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in the United States of America. Over 5 million Americas currently suffering from Alzheimer’s. Approximately‚ 1 in 3 senior citizens die due to Alzheimer’s Estimates reveal direct costs for Alzheimer’s are valued over $200 billion. Medicare & Medicaid shell out extra $142 billion in costs for hospice and long-term care. Alzheimer’s only cause of death among America’s top 10 without a cure. ISSUE: Alzheimer’s is a devastating disease that has been plaguing the citizens of the United
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"Federal taxes are imposed to provide goods and services to all American people.(turbotax.com)" The three biggest expenditures that Americans contribute to with their income taxes include major health programs‚ social security‚ and defense and security. Although these are all beneficial programs‚ should Americans have to fund these programs from a percentage of their wages? Some say no‚ people should have the opportunity to decide which programs they do and do not contribute to. Even though it is
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It deals with any information that could possibly distinguish a patient. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Supervises Medicare and Medicaid services all through the nation. In addition distributes funds to health care organizations The CMS is essential to health care associations‚ like hospitals and also small private clinics for the reason that they
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health insurance in 2010‚ coverage was 55.3% employment-based‚ 9.8% direct-purchase‚ and 31.0% government funded (Medicare‚ Medicaid‚ Military). (Overlap reflects coverage by more than one type of health insurance). Source: US Census Bureau The primary reason given for lack of health insurance coverage in 2005 was cost (more than 50%)‚ lost job or a change in employment (24%)‚ Medicaid benefits stopped (10%)‚ ineligibility for family insurance coverage due to age or leaving school (8%). Source: National
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Expansion of Medicaid is being viewed as a bad thing for patients because they are being denied of health care. Reduced numbers of healthcare providers may overwhelm remaining Medicaid providers or‚ at the very least‚ cut patient access to stable‚ long-term care ( Spaulding 304). Medicaid is a good thing for anyone who has insufficient funds to afford regular healthcare‚ but this system is becoming broken. Citizens who have Medicaid are being denied everyday‚ because
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child can find knowledge to enrich his mind and to enlarge his talents”. It helped children not sit around restless‚ but actually do something with their lives. “In 1965‚ congress established the Medicare and Medicaid programs”‚ said in Doc. 4. Medicare pays for hospital and nursing home services‚ but Medicaid is a health insurance financed by federal and state government. In Doc. 8 it states “Raegan’s plan was based on a theory called supply-side economics”. Which is a theory that means taxes have to
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Cato Institute. Retrieved March 2‚ 2011‚ from http:// www. Cato.org/ pub_display.php?pub_id=12168&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed& utm_campaign=Feed %3A +CatoRecentOpeds+(Cato+Recent+Op-eds) 2 Connelly‚ J. (n.d.). Finding a doctor who accepts medicare isn’t easy - NYTimes.com. The New York Times - Breaking News‚ World News & Multimedia. Retrieved March 2‚ 2011‚ from http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/business/retirementspecial/02health.html Krieger‚ L. M. (n.d.). Lloyd M. Krieger: Obamacare is
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increased knowledge and technology in the medical field‚ has an exerting impact on the accumulation of the elderly and the vulnerable with in our society. General health and well being for this demographic is a growing concern as well as financing Medicare. With these growing numbers of the elderly population it is safe to say that elderly health care in the United States is going to be a growing concern and an issue in the years to come. With the “baby boomers” beginning to reach the thresh hold of
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