HEALTH BRIEF | Effective Community Mental Health Care in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | | Guadalupe Bernardez-Hicks | 1/20/2011 | | HEALTH BRIEF Effective Community Mental Health Care in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act By Guadalupe Bernardez-Hicks INTRODUCTION: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA)‚ includes expansion of mental health services available and
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The Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act The Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care‚ also known by its nickname “Obamacare”‚ is federal healthcare legislation that was passed through congress and signed by President Barack Obama on March 23‚ 2010. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was designed to provide affordable health insurance for everyone in the country. The ACA faced many legal challenges after President Obama signed it into law‚ and the legal proceedings ended with
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Affordable Care Act (Obama Care) How the Affordable Care Act Effects United States Citizens The overarching theme of my paper is the controversial topic of the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act (ACA)‚ commonly known as Obama Care‚ is now open in the U.S. and means there are many new changes that exist in the health care policies. The problem with these health care policies is that many Americans don’t have any health care insurance‚ and this is
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“Each time someone stands up for an ideal‚ or acts to improve the lot of others‚ or strikes out against injustice‚ he sends a tiny ripple of hope”. Robert F. Kennedy The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 is a new law that mandates that everyone in the United States have health insurance/coverage by year 2014 or subject to a tax. Notably‚ the new law is thousands of pages long which does not lend itself to easy interpretation. However‚ at this time‚ no one appears to be
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represents “government overreach.” This is the case with the Affordable Care Act. In the United States‚ are there other issues that people tend to view in these two opposite ways? 4. Republicans’ objections to the Affordable Care Act include beliefs that the law will result in increased health care costs and lower-quality care. What is your take on these objections? Explain your answer. 5. How do voters feel about the Affordable Care Act? 6. How satisfied are Americans with their healthcare
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and Why the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the Future of Health Care One of the most hotly debated topics in the past two years has been health care reform. An effort by President Obama was successful and in March 2010‚ the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or PPACA was signed into law. This law aims to reform the entire U.S. health care delivery and financing system. In this paper‚ I will discuss how health insurance has evolved over time and how the PPACA is the future
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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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Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the new health care reform law in America and is often called by its nick-name Obamacare. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are made up of the Affordable Health Care for America Act‚ the Patient Protection Act‚ and the health care related sections of the The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act and the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act. It also includes amendments to other laws like the Food‚ Drug and Cosmetics Act
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The Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act‚ also known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act‚ or Obamacare‚ was put into law by President Barack Obama on March 23‚ 2010. The focus of the Act is a health care law geared towards improving the health care system of the United States by broadening medical coverage to more Americans‚ as well as protecting the existing health insurance policy holders. The Obama Administration‚ states that those people that already have
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The Affordable Care Act becomes law. On March 23‚ 2010‚ President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act. The law puts in place comprehensive health insurance reforms that will roll out over four years and beyond‚ with most changes taking place by 2014. Others have already begun The House Repeal Vote: Inside the War on Health Care Reform By Kate Pickert Wednesday‚ Jan. 19‚ 2011 Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0‚9171‚2041088‚00.html#ixzz1ay5hIqDl In the nearly 10 months
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