Affordable Care Act (ACA)

Research Paper:
Healthcare Services and
The Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Table of Contents:
Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………...3
Introduction………………………………………………………………………………….3
Background of the Affordable Care Act …………………………………………………4
The Affordable Care Act………………………………………………………………….. 5
Methodology………………………………………………………………………………...8
Collection of Data…………………………………………………………………………..9

Primary………………………………………………………………………………10 Secondary…………………………………………………………………………..11

The Environmental Working Group………………………………………………………12

Primary Survey…………………………………………………………………….13

Questions and Answers…………………………………………………………...14

Findings from the collection of information and data…………………………………..15

Conclusion and recommendations……………………………………………………….17

Appendix A: SWOT
The next section brings out the information gathered from the primary study. It is significant as the primary sources are believed to be more reliable. For primary study, the officials from EWG were interviewed and they shared their experiences and viewpoints on how the ACA will be going to affect them.
Primary Survey
For primary survey, two of the officials were interviewed regarding the viewpoint of their organization on the proposed legislation i.e. the Affordable Care Act. They shared their experiences regarding their association with the organization, the functioning of daily operations in the organization and how to cope up with the requirements of the Act. As the Act requires certain standards and procedures to be followed by the employers, the officials discussed their work under the new norms. Below are the details of questions asked and their responses from the associated official of EWG.

Questions and Answers
Q 1. How do you think the new Act will be going to affect the access to the health