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
Premium Scientific method UCI race classifications
The Impact of the Affordable Care Act Tiffany E. Snowden Walden University NURS 5050/6050 Section 06‚ Policy and Advocacy for Improving Population Health January 4‚ 2015 The Impact of the Affordable Care Act “Three important concepts that form the framework for health policy discussions are quality/safety of care‚ access to care and the cost of care” (Milstead‚ 2013). In March of 2010 the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed. The focus of this paper is to explain the
Premium Health care Health insurance United States
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is a United States federal statute that was signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23‚ 2010. This particular law has come with much controversy. The law (along with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010) is the principal health care reform legislation of the 111th United States Congress. PPACA reforms certain aspects of the private health insurance industry and public health insurance programs‚ increases insurance
Premium
The Affordable Care Act has its good meaning in providing access to health care system‚ prohibiting insurance companies in denying healthcare coverage to ill people and increasing the healthcare cost‚ and promoting Medicaid expansion to people with incomes up to 133% of the federal poverty level. However‚ there are many flaws‚ such as personal mandate and penalty and social injustice‚ in passing this law. Many people may believe that the Congress has a power to declare personal mandate to have health
Premium United States Constitution United States United States Congress
| Affordable Care Act? | Aka Obamacare | Angela Phillips 6/19/2012 Heald College Portland | The Affordable Care Act is a health care law that aims to improve our current health care system by increasing access to health coverage for Americans and introducing new protections for people who have health insurance. If you have health insurance‚ you will benefit from steps to stop insurance companies from cancelling your coverage if you get sick. The law will also require insurance plans
Premium Health care Health insurance
ROLE OF NURSE IN COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH INTRODUCTION The trend in psychiatric care is shifting from that of inpatient hospitalization to a focus of outpatient care within the community. Community mental health services include all those activities in the community connected with mental health other than the institutional or hospitalized setting. The community approach focuses on the total population of defined geographical area rather than individual patient. Emphasis is mainly on preventive services
Premium Psychiatry Mental disorder Mental health
policy to be analysis is The Affordable Care Act (Obama Care) that was implemented in 2010. The Affordable Care Act is a very comprehensive and now complexed health care system that is being changed. Over centuries there has been many reforms‚ discussions and controversies surrounding the debate over affordable health care for Americans and their families. And Obama Care is proposed to be what Americans can benefit from and afford. However‚ there is a downside to this insurance. The individual or
Premium Health care Health insurance Health economics
What Are The Functions of Public Relations? Community Relations. Any organization must be seen as a good community citizen and should have the goodwill of the community in which it operates. An effective community relations program will need to be continuing and comprehensive. Organizations can implement various programs to improve community relations on a regular or even ongoing basis. So‚ clearly‚ one of the major functions of public relations is to bridge the business/community gap. When
Premium Public relations
policies of affordable health care act affect many different populations in various ways. Making the health coverage mandatory to everyone was the biggest change that everyone had to face. Many individuals were not happy because they were required to have health coverage‚ and some of the US population felt that their freedom of choice was violated by this act. However‚ the group that benefited the most was the individuals with pre-existing conditions. Prior to affordable health care act the health insurance
Premium
The Role of the Public Health Nurse in the Community The assignment for this paper asks about a disaster that could happen in my community. A disaster is any natural or human-made incident that causes disruption‚ and or devastation requiring external assistance (Stanhope & Lancaster‚ 2012‚ p.508). The purpose of the paper is to provide information how the professional nurse react in the community when a disaster take place. The Role of the Nurse The disaster selected for the paper
Premium Nursing Health care Health