Does America Need the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act?

In March 2013, President Barack Obama signed a federal statue into law that would change the way Americans receive healthcare. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as the Affordable Care Act, and sometimes called Obamacare is the most significant revision of the U.S. healthcare system since the passage of Medicare and Medicaid back in 1965. The main function of the Affordable Care Act is to improve hospitals’ and physicians’ practices financially, technologically, and clinically so the health outcomes and lower costs. Americans are split, as they are with most political issues, on whether or not the act is a viable solution to our healthcare problem. Even though it has had its problems such as a faulty website and being thought of as too complicated and expensive for the American government to take on, I believe the Affordable Care Act is a good solution for the healthcare problems in our country.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA of 2010) was the first time the U.S. government had addressed the issue of providing insurance to all Americans in a significant way (Shi & Singh, 2013). President Barack Obama signed the ACA of 2010 into law on March 23, 2010. Since then the comprehensive reforms that the law provides, has been rolled out in stages throughout the years following. Some of these changes included, in 2010 a new Patient’s Bill of Rights went into effect, 2011 brought free preventative care services, 2012 introduced a Value-Based Purchasing program to hospitals, in 2013 open enrollment began for the health insurance market place, and 2014 will be the first tax year that individual that choose not to get health insurance will pay tax penalties for doing so. These changes and the many others detailed in the ACA of 2010 aim to provide more access to health care, bring new consumer protections, improve quality and lower health care costs (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, n.d.).

The Affordable Care Act, more commonly referred to as the ACA or Obamacare, is a topic of great controversy amongst Americans. The ACA has made changes in every aspect of health care in one fell swoop. Insurers, health care providers, medical equipment suppliers, small businesses and the insured people of America were all affected by the passing of this act. With these changes there are many new advantages to health care that are for the common good. For example, Obamacare has made it so that pre-existing conditions can no longer be turned away from insurance companies, contraception is free, preventative care screenings come at no cost to the insured no matter the insurance plan, and there is a cap to

The Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, was signed into law in 2010. The goal of the ACA is to provide affordable health insurance coverage for all Americans. The ACA was also designed to protect Americans from insurance company schemes that may increase patient costs or restrict care. Millions of Americans have benefitted by receiving insurance coverage through the ACA, especially those who are unemployed or have low-income jobs. Some could not afford insurance because they could not work due to a disability or family obligations. Others could not get health insurance because of pre-existing medical conditions. “More than 45 million Americans are uninsured, and as a result, they experience increased morbidity and mortality”

In March of 2010, President Barack Obama signed into effect the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or widely known as “Obamacare.” The changes that the act is making with all of health care will slowly be implemented throughout the years, and should be completed by 2022 (Obamacare Facts: Dispelling the Myths). In the Affordable Care Act it changes or alters almost all programs that we have today and creates new programs to assist people and properly state what type if care is expected and required of health care professionals. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act includes all of the following departments of health care, Affordable Health Care for America Act, the Patient Protection Act, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, and effects the Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act and the Health and Public Services Act (Obamacare Facts: Dispelling the Myths). The Affordable Care Act will make many changes, but some of the big changes that will occur involve the patients quality of care, the benefits that all of America will receive with the prevention measures it will be taking, the total availability and access of health care for all Americans, and how all Americans health care finances will be altered.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is one of the most extensive health care systems in the United States that was passed by the congress and signed by our current president, Barack Obama. This health reform law was passed on March 23, 2010, which promised citizens for a more secure and reliable coverage to health insurance. In many studies, Americas Health insurance system has always been a failure because of the rising deficits of health

Another important aspect of the Affordable Care Act to look at is how it is making the healthcare market a more fair and humane place. Before the ACA was signed into law, private insurance companies dominated the insurance market and had a huge say in how much they would charge you, what they would cover and most importantly if they would even grant you coverage at all due to a pre-existing medical condition. “Before the ACA, someone with cancer or mental health problems, for example, often was unable to find affordable health insurance. Some couldn't find any insurer to cover them.” (O’Donnell) Under Obamacare, unfair practices such as

The Patient Protection and Affordability Act (ACA) was enacted by President Barack Obama’s Administration on March of 2010. The ACA was designed to generate healthcare reform, and is actually the most comprehensive law affecting managed care legislation since Medicare and Medicaid were enacted in 1965 by President Lyndon Baines Johnson (Kongstvedt, 2013). One of the main reasons for the creation of the ACA has been to contain out of control healthcare costs in the U.S. by transforming the manner in which hospitals are paid for surgeries (Chow, 2013). The new role that government will play in the healthcare sector will undoubtedly effect current healthcare practices.

Health Care cost containment and health care quality have always been on opposing sides of the scale. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act “PPACA”passed in 2010 by President Barack Obama (also referred to as Obama care) is aimed at ensuring all Americans have access to quality, affordable health care and while making cost containment reforms in the healthcare system. This act has nine titles:

Creating a system that is supposed to benefit a particular group of people can cause ripples in the rest of society. With every new idea, sacrifices are made to try create a positive outcome for the future. When the health of the people is involved, fighting for a new system to ensure that everyone has some sort of health coverage is always risky. Within the United States, not everyone is fortunate enough to receive the health coverage necessary to take care of themselves or anyone in their family. When the Affordable Care Act (ACA / Obama Care) was enacted by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010, the countries people were split between whether it would be the beneficial or not. After 6 years of the act being in place and being carried

United States has recently in 2010 passed passage of national healthcare reform. “The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was designed to (1) decrease the number of uninsured Americans, (2) make health insurance and health care affordable, and (3) improve health outcomes and performance of the health care system” (Feldman, Buysse, Hubner, Huffman, & Loe, 2015). This national legislation known as Patient Protection and affordable Care act of 2010 (ACA) was intended to provide all citizens of Unites States with healthcare coverage. The purpose of this affordable care act is to provide the nation with universal coverage eliminate any of the challenges associated with the existing system that was disqualifying

According to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) or Affordable Care Act for short, every person in America should have health insurance or they have to pay a penalty. After reading the Wall Street Journal article I am agreed to the Davenport conceptions. Now, after the ACA all Americans will have easy access to the health insurance market, especially those who have pre-existing conditions. Now they can easily get the Health insurance plan and can get better treatment when they need it. The ACA will protect consumers from the cruelties of more health insurance industries and provide them better health care. The new health insurance plans will also have to provide immunizations and preventive care at no cost. The law also includes ‘Ten Essential Benefits’ under all insurance plans for no lifetime or annual dollar limits.

While the policy making officials battle to determine a national strategy that will benefit the government, health care professionals, policy makers, and insurance companies, physicians try to maintain a value-based system of providing quality health care to the American people. The new health care reform is based on providing healthcare coverage for citizens and selecting discounts and tackling those providers who deny coverage which, in return gives insurance companies a bad name. Insurance companies overprice, and unwillingness to provide coverage for what they classify as not medically necessary has been an ongoing concern for its members and physicians. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), which became a law under President Obama’s administration on March 23, 2010, was a precedent transformation in the American health care system since the Medicare and Medicaid transformation. The essentials of ACA include:

PPACA has touted new benefits without measures to cut cost.1 One should know that in America there are already federal laws and programs to cover the elderly (Medicare), the poor (Medicaid), and uninsured children (CHIPs), In addition there is basically free or low cost care to anyone who needs it and it is available if one looks for it. Examples include: Shriner’s hospitals, free clinics, and providers who do pro bono work. In case that wasn’t enough, there are also laws in place that ban practices of charging more to people with pre-existing conditions in employer-based health insurance. The 60% of Americans who get their healthcare insurance from their employer may actually be hurt by PPACA.

Health care reform in the United States is a vital issue. Over the years, multiple Presidents have attempted to address reform but significant political obstacles have prevented any major change since the Social Security Act which established Medicaid and Medicare in 1965 (Kaiser Family Foundation [KFF], 2009). On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The premise of this legislation was to increase access to care by allowing more Americans to gain access to coverage and to impact the rising cost of healthcare in the country. After its implementation, between one and three million Americans ages 18 – 26 gained access to health insurance through coverage eligibility