Making Sure Your Company is Compliant with the Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act‚ also known as ObamaCare‚ is a system of health insurance reforms that share the goals of helping uninsured individuals to obtain affordable‚ quality health care. The aim of these laws is to encourage small companies to offer health insurance and motivate health insurance market changes. King Agency in Toledo OH offers the following advice on how to make sure that your company stays compliant with the changing
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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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OBAMACARE Health care is a basic human right. The idea that healthy young people shouldn’t have to pay as much for insurance is rooted in the notion that people should pay the cost of treatment when they get sick or old or injured. Insurance is just a way of separating people into groups of similar risk; it’s still basically charging people the cost of treating their ailments. We’re all in this world together with all its diseases and afflictions. We should bear the cost collectively‚ making
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Health Care Coverage Children’s health care coverage has a long history in the United States. During the Depression-era certain health care programs were set up for children. This program would be the foundation of Medicaid which was established in 1965. The expansions in Medicaid coverage continues throughout four decades. With the help of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)‚ federal financing was able to expand in order for low-income children to have coverage. Through an analysis
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Health care System Evolution‚ Medicare/Medicaid Jennifer Otten HCS 310/Health Care Delivery in the US April 12‚ 2010 Dr. Steven Clauser Abstract This paper is an overview about the evolution of the US health care system from the Great Depression to the current Health Reform Bill. I will give an understanding to Medicare and Medicaid program‚ which also will include a history of these two programs. Even though these two programs are
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Obamacare Pros The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office lists the advantages of Obamacare: The Act was designed to reduce overall health care costs by making services available to the 32 million who currently can’t get insurance. They often use a hospital emergency room as their primary care physician‚ increasing costs for everyone. This starts in 2014. It requires that all plans cover 10 essential health benefits. Preventive services are free‚ which lowers health care costs by treating
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The “Affordable Care Act of 2010” also known as “Obamacare” or “Health Care Reform Act of 2010” is a universal healthcare plan that was designed to allow Americans to be able to get quality health insurance that people would be able to afford‚ and to cut U.S health care spending down as well. Many Americans debated about whether or not it was beneficial for everyone or just certain people‚ so there are many advantage and disadvantages for Americas due to this reform. Many of the doctor visits and
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Things like social security‚ Medicaid‚ Medicare‚ welfare‚ food stamps‚ etc‚ should be provided to the public when in they are in need of them. In today’s economic times‚ many people look to the government to help them provide for themselves and their families. Although there is much controversy over its role in the lives of citizens‚ the government should be responsible for maintaining a social safety net. Many people question the role of the government in their life‚ and are skeptical about programs
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economy many States are being asked to do more with less when it comes to health care. Some States have come up with their own Universal Health plans such as Massachusetts and Washington. Other States are experimenting with federal waivers to expand Medicaid and some States are looking at ways to improve managed care. Rising health insurance premiums have also put States in a bind and are hurting the middleclass. Retail clinics have risen as a result of lack of access and affordability. This paper
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the article case law search is about a hospital in New York will have to pay $2.3 million dollars for overbilling the Medicaid program. Two Westchester County Hospital had overbilled the Medicaid program of $70 million dollars by improperly approving home care for Medicaid patients. The Attorney Generals Medicaid Fraud control Unit found out that the two hospitals were billing Medicaid beyond the cost of the drugs and made more than over a million dollars in profit. Both or the hospitals never admitted
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