Essays on Affordable Care Act

Introduction Obama’s Affordable Care Act, signed into law in 2010, was a main focus of his election and the biggest shock to healthcare in years. As the foundation of the election for our first African American president, it is no surprise that the ACA had mixed responses from the public. That being said, there is…

Many professions have their own either written or understood code of ethics. This holds true for the profession of counseling, including the Christian sector of counseling. The American Counseling Association along with the American Association of Christian counselors both published codes of ethics for the licensed professionals in this particular field. Their specific ethics provide…

Healthcare in the United States is still relatively new to us and is one of the most debated topics in our government. Many presidents have tried to get Healthcare reform in the past, however one President that finally got a law passed on it, was former President Barack Obama. In October of 2009 The Affordable…

A single-payer health insurance system is one in which there is one primary payer. A single-payer system is also called a national system because the primary payer is the government. A government agency pays providers in this system. In the United States, the single-payer system exists alongside private health insurance options. The Veterans Administration (VA)…

One factor that distinguishes the Affordable Care Act from Health Leads is its status as a federal law. This signifies reforms made by the ACA have impacted every hospital and clinic in the country. This also means many of the areas the ACA is targeting to improve the prevention of disease were decided by national…

Americans know that fruits and vegetables are a healthy source of nutrition, this knowledge is offset by the food industry’s $2 billion campaign that teaches young people to desire highly processed junk foods. Feeding America estimates that elementary school students only receive about 3.4 hours of nutritional education per year. Working hand in hand with…

Improving our health programs is on the top priority for most people, including our not so much health professionals. Healthcare facilities need to be searching for ways to help educate and improve access to healthcare program, the quality of the care we receive, and our cost of the care we get provided with. Most commonly…

THESIS While the Affordable Care Act is considered controversial, and has opposition from many red states, demolishing the act will lead to a serious lack of health care that many americans depend on. The ACA should remain established because the Affordable Care Act is vital to patients access to health care. SUMMARY After republican lawmakers…

Introduction Around 12.2% of people in the United States are uninsured. Another 16% are covered by the Affordable Care Act (Blumberg et al.). The total of people that would be uninsured if the ACA was repealed would be a quarter of the U.S. population. Having access to health care matters to everyone. Some may argue…

Reflection in Public Policy Question 1             The new national Health Care Reform Bill will greatly affect American citizens but the benefits will not be equally distributed among the citizens because some of them will gain from it while others will be place in a disadvantageous situation. In the United States, an estimated of a…