Category: Affordable Care Act

Nowadays, nursing advocacy training becomes of paramount importance, as these specialists are considered not only as healthcare providers but also as political leaders. The latter can change healthcare legislation in a positive way (Tomajan, 2012). American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) highly supports these initiatives. It helps them find ways to redirect their proposals…

The purpose of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was to ensure all citizens in America had access to affordable and quality health care (Giovannelli, Lucia, & Corlette, 2014). The Act was designed to transform the countrys healthcare system by containing costs (Hall, 2014). The proposed reforms are expected to transform the role…

Table of Contents Introduction Significance of Act to the population Significance of the affordable care act to Nurses Research on affordable care act Objectives of the research Research method Funding Works Cited Introduction The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is an American health care reform act expected to affect millions of citizens. The…

Table of Contents Introduction Human Events-Powerful Conservation Voices: CBO Director Right-Wing Presss Author New Republics Author Judgment of Obamacares Progress: My Perspective and the Reason Conclusion: Lesson Learned Reference List Introduction The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act abbreviated as PPACA, also frequently referred to as Obamacare or Affordable Care Act (ACA), is a decree…

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was signed by Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. This federal statute is aimed at reforming the existing health care and insurance systems of the United States within four years to improve the quality of the health care services and make them more affordable for American citizens.…

The Affordable Care Act and Medicare The most important change introduced by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the change in the new payment system. The fee-for-service model common before the establishment of the ACA has several flaws, including the possibility of needless treatment, also termed overutilization. The ACA substitutes it with the accountability-based model,…

Table of Contents Introduction Main discussion Conclusion References Introduction Research and analysis of health care among individuals indicate that most of the people found in correctional institutions come across numerous challenges in getting the health, as well as behavioral health care attention that they require while within such situations (Beronio, Po, Skopec, & Glied, 2013).…

Introduction The Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010, also commonly referred to as Obamacare, can be termed as the most progressive and inclusive piece of healthcare legislation ever to be implemented by the American federal government since the institutionalization of the Medicare and Medicaid programs in 1965. During its infancy years, the ACA has been…

Introduction The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a federal statute that aimed to become the biggest overhaul to the health care system of the United States since Medicare and Medicaid. The purpose of the statute was to improve health care outcomes, lower expenses, and make health care more accessible. It aimed to resolve…

The Problem That Necessitated the Policy It is essential to remark that the U.S. health care system is one of the most expensive in the world. The crisis that arose in 2008 particularly demonstrated the problem of the expensive cost of health care in the United States (Meinhofer & Witman, 2018). Consequently, many Americans were…