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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can be handled through cash transactions or through various types of insurances‚ such as government-assisted‚ commercial‚ and liability insurances. Some of the health insurances that are government-assisted are Medicare‚ CHIP‚ and Medicaid. Government-assisted insurances‚ such as Medicare and Medicaid‚ are provided for low income families and adults over the age of 65 or even those under 65 that has certain disabilities (USA.gov‚ 2012). Medicaid’s health coverage will vary by states‚ as they will
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essential to our physical and mental well-being. I will attempt to show how the health care industry is trying but failing in protecting not only seniors‚ but everyone in regards to proper coverage‚ preventive care and continuing care. Keywords;Medicare‚coverage‚disease‚dementia Seniors are a class of people of which some have debilitating mental‚ physical‚ and cognitive health issues and a government that is ill- prepared to rectify the situation. A senior citizen is defined as a person who
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which continues to grow. Due to a 0.2% Medicare fee schedule update for physicians in 2006‚ the physician expenditure is at an generally low rate at 5.9%. Prescription drug spending has increased to 19% due to the implementation of Medicare Part D. Administrative cost have also grown over the years and is currently at 8.8% in the health care spending expenditure. The growth of this is due to the amount of Medicare beneficiaries who have enrolled in the Medicare Advantage plans. Medicaid spending has
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Homeland Security. Since 200‚1 this portion of the budget has increased from $297 billion to $740 billion in 2011. The next largest portion is both Health Care and Pensions at 22% of the federal budget each. Health care constitutes Social Security‚ Medicare and Medicaid. Social Security was established in the 1930s and was created to help older Americans. Before Social Security the responsibility of their well being was the responsibility of the community and the family. While the individual was working
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Study Guide Competency: 742.1.1 Compassionate and Respectful Care of Older Adults 1. Go to the Care of the Older Adult Learning Community. Select documents‚ select documents‚ scroll down and select 24/7 Webinar Availability. You want to watch the video Therapeutic Communication and Health Perceptions 1. Read Chapters 4 and 5 and make sure you note the ways to communicate or assist a patient with disabilities such as hearing deficits‚ vision impairments‚ or aphasia and dysarthria. Be familiar
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Introduction Today there are many Americans without health insurance. This is due to the lack of financial resources they have to pay for the insurance ‚ perhaps due to the unemployment rate and also due to those (younger generation) who choose to opt out of paying for health insurance. Many Americans live day to day hoping they will not get sick. From the results of these rates‚ President Obama signed the US Health Care Reform into law. The health care reform law encases benefits such as affordability
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leading health insurances in Virginia. 6. A child of parents who do not have private health insurance: In Virginia this consumer would receive Medicaid. 7. An elderly WWII veteran with diabetes: In Virginia this consumer would receive Medicare. 8. A bank teller who has just been laid off: In Virginia this consumer would receive unemployment benefits. 9. A homeless individual: In Virginia this consumer would receive Medicaid. 10. A college student who has just graduated
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numerous options such as Medicare and Medicaid‚ the employment of millions of people‚ and billions of dollars each year for new discoveries‚ treatments‚ and cures. To start off‚ the government does indeed offer great assistance with programs such as Medicare and Medicaid‚ two of the largest programs that the government is involved in. Medicaid serves low-income families‚ and Medicare is for those that are sixty-five years or older‚ as well as those that are disabled. Medicare is the “second largest
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and elder are the government‚ citizen‚ and family. The government is responsible for enforcing policies that promote good health and long life expectancy because the wellness gets regulated by the government. Some programs are Medicaid‚ FMLA‚ and Medicare. In addition‚ the government should take action to abuse of elders because the government is the power of the people. However‚ the United States lacks consensus on which policies should get adopted or rejected (Markson‚ Stein‚ Alden‚
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