Category: Affordable Care Act

Affordable Care Act: Institutional Policy Analysis Policy Type Summary of the Policy (in your own words) Explain if the policy is effective and provide a rationale Describe the financial outcomes of the policy Provide examples of policy violations National Improve cost-efficiency of health services The state-wide improvements contribute to overall result (Liverani, Hawkins, & Parkhurst,…

History of the Affordable Care Act and Ethics Table of Contents Introduction Obamacare: Conflicts of Interest Obamacare: Moral Dilemmas Trumpcare: Medical Ethics Conclusion References Introduction The Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, was adopted in 2010, and the purpose of the law was to provide proper health care services to more people in…

Affordable Care Act for LGBTQ Populations Effective evidence-based healthcare policies may improve nursing and patient outcomes by promoting safety and quality of care. As a major health policy, the Affordable Care Act demonstrates how political initiatives can transform healthcare (Laureate Education, 2016). The following discussion post will provide a detailed description of the Affordable Care…

Affordable Care Act: A Critical Analysis Table of Contents Economic Concerns Actual Availability of Health Care Consistency of Implementation Conclusion References The Affordable Care Act (ACA) covers almost a thousand pages and represents a radical attempt to review the medical insurance and health care system in the United States. From the early stages, even before…

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for Nurses 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…

Affordable Care Act and Its Achievements 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…

Mental Health and the Affordable Care Act Coverage Table of Contents The ACA and Mental Health The ACA and Substance Abuse Concluding Remarks References The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that mental disorders and substance abuse problems continue to affect millions of American citizens (Golden & Vail, 2014). Most of the patients…

Affordable Care Act and Medicaid Reimbursement Rate Table of Contents Introduction ACA and Medicaid Reimbursement Rate during the Coronavirus Era Conclusion References Introduction The excerpt indulges in the repealing for the reinstatement of the Obamacare health program. Obamacare, also referred to as the Affordable Care Act (ACA), was created by Congress and President Barack Obama…

The Cost of the Affordable Care Act Healthcare policies aim to promote public health and quality of care through cost-effective measures that impact various aspects of clinical practice. The integral part of any healthcare policy is adequate financing supported by cost-containment or cost-control strategies. The following paper will discuss the cost of the Affordable Care…

Nursing: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Nursing Practice The state law Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, adopted in 2010, defines rather significant changes in the American health policy (United States Congress House Committee on Health Care, 2010). Among those changes that occurred as a result of…