Health Care Reform Case Study

It has been six years since the Affordable Care Act has been implemented into the United States healthcare system. As the pieces and provisions of this monumental federal statute become understood and executed, it is transforming the demand for care. Prior to the ACA, a significant number of Americans were marginalized and unable to obtain coverage. This system was faced increasing healthcare costs, placing greater financial strain to everyday Americans, businesses, and public health insurance systems. The ACA did not only help ensure health coverage for all (almost

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the implications of healthcare reform in the United States and specifically, Ohio. The impact of healthcare reform in Ohio will be discussed with distinct focus placed on positive and negative outcomes as well as the financial implications of the initiatives.

Since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, there has been a continuous debate about the effects it will have on the United States economy. Many people argue that expanding insurance coverage for all people will create crippling cost burdens for the economy and taxpayers. While others believe that the ACA will in fact give the economy a much-needed boost. In 2006 as a measure to improve overall healthcare, the state of Massachusetts implemented the Health Care Insurance Reform Act. This paper looks at the positive and negative effects of the Massachusetts Health Care Insurance Reform Act (MHRA). Using a literature review of public health studies ranging from 2009-2012, I argue that there are both positive and negative effects of the Massachusetts Health Care Insurance Reform. While the Massachusetts Reform increased health insurance coverage for all citizens and decreased the number of uninsured citizens accessing emergency rooms, it also did very little to decrease already existing racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities among minorities and whites in the state of Massachusetts. Understanding the Massachusetts Health Care Insurance Reform Act may help in the goal of trying to achieve near-universal healthcare. This paper provides an understanding of the missing pieces in the Massachusetts Health Care Insurance Reform Act and constitutes a starting place from which to understand the Affordable Care Act.

Societal beliefs and values influence the Affordable Care act. The health care budget is under constraint, how to provide the most recent and enhanced health care while saving money has become a major issue. With this new health reform, millions of Americans who could not afford insurance with their employers or are uninsured due to lack of employment have the opportunity to become insured. The major economic change in this society has created enormous challenges for workers, families, as well as employers. The implementation of this act reduced this plague in the health delivery system.

The US healthcare system is currently undergoing what is arguably its biggest change since its enactment in 1935 with the Social Security Act. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law on March 23, 2010 by President Barack Obama in an attempt to bring cost free preventative care to all American citizens. And while this may sound like good news since it will help take care of the 54 million Americans that were uninsured in 2010 when this Act was signed (Kocher 2010) not all of these changes to the healthcare system are beneficial. Many citizens will find themselves penalized by the fees and requirements of the ACA, along with many others

Health care in the United States is driven by a patchwork of services and financing. Americans access health care services in a variety of ways — from private physicians’ offices, to public hospitals, to safety-net providers. This diverse network of health care providers is supported by an equally diverse set of funding streams. The United States spends almost twice as much on health care as any other country, topping $2 trillion each year. (WHO.INT 2000) However, even with overall spending amounting to more than $7,400 per person, millions of individuals cannot access the health care services they need.(Foundation 2009) So when the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (a.k.a the Affordable Care Act or ACA) was passed in the summer

Clearly, reform is necessary, which was why the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), or just Affordable Care Act (ACA), was enacted in March of 2010. The ACA focuses on improving aspects of the American health care system, such as quality of care, availability and affordability of care, and equality across demographic lines. Among the act’s lofty aspirations is to extend health insurance coverage to 23 million previously uninsured Americans by 2023 (“Health Reform”). Critics of the act say that it is far too costly, and will cause more financial damage than improvement. However, without reform, America’s enormous health care expenditures will surely add up. Despite its initial high costs, the Affordable Care Act must continue to improve and implement itself into the American health care system because it has covered millions of people with health insurance and improved upon the quality of American health

In 2010, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) which puts into place health insurance reform with the purpose of providing health care access to those who are uninsured and underinsured. The goal of the law is to make health care affordable, accessible and higher quality. Since open enrollment began in 2013, it’s time to evaluate how this law has impacted Ohioans (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2014-a). In this paper, I will provide a health care reform overview, discuss the positive and negative outcomes of health care reform in Ohio, and examine the effect of the ACA on health care economics.

Medicare is very important. It provides much needed support for the elderly and disabled. Medicare’s importance only continues to increase. In order to keep Medicare running, the program is in need of reform. There are a few ways this can be done. I believe the best way to stabilize the financial crisis of Medicare is to completely reform the program into a defined contribution program.

The Affordable Care Act is something that many Americans are extremely opinionated yet highly uneducated on. As future healthcare professionals it is extremely important to understand the legislature that affects us all as well as the patients that we serve. The Affordable Care Act is one of the most recent attempts to reform the healthcare industry by providing more affordable, high quality health insurance to Americans. The Affordable Care Acts aims to reduce premium and out-of-pocket costs for tens of millions of families and small business owners who had not had access to coverage in the past. This helps over 32 million Americans afford health care who could not get it before – and makes coverage more affordable for many more. Under this plan, 95% of Americans will be insured. In 2013 over 15% of Americans were without insurance. This paper will further discuss the background of the need for this Act as well as how this will affect the lives of present and future healthcare professionals.

A very prominent policy that is currently being examined is the healthcare Act. Law makers are currently trying to find ways to make health insurance more affordable for all Americans (Lester, 2014). It is believe that the recently passed Affordable Care Act, has so far provided affordable health care to a large number of “working age adults” (Lester, 2014). The new initiative has also contributed to the decrease in poverty levels for some states (Lester, 2014).

One of the Large Dialysis Organizations (LDO’s) in the United States with an in-center hemodialysis in Southeast Michigan (SE MI) defines integrity, one of its eight core values, as “We say what we believe, and we do what we say. We are trusted because we are trustworthy. In our personal, team, and organizational values, we strive for alignment in what we say and do.” Before 2011, patients paid co-pays or paid out of pocket for the full price of their numbing sprays. The company did not inform the patients of how the new Medicare bundling payment worked when it came to their medications. Only after one year of the Federal Government changed into the new dialysis payment system

Since families that go to St. Jude for treatment never receives a bill, some felt that this healthcare reform would threaten the tax-exempt status for this hospital. According to Carrie Strehlau, a spokesperson for St. Jude, “the implementation of the healthcare reform would not impact the way St. Jude provide care” (Scurlock, 2013). She goes on to say that “St. Jude would not have a problem meeting all of the ACA’s requirements” (Scurlock, 2013). Even though, St. Jude doesn’t anticipate any fines, they are still required to do a community needs survey and file paperwork with the IRS every three years to show they are still needed in the community. Since 2010, St. Jude has complied with all requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable

The mounting cost of healthcare makes it one of the foremost social and economic issues facing Americans today. Working families are confronting double digit increases in the costs of health care insurance. Higher premiums, deductibles, co-payments and high unemployment are taking their toll on U.S. workers. Consequently, 47 million Americans are currently un-insured- 8.7 million of whom are children. The high cost of doctor’s visits and prescription are forcing many to delay needed medical care, as health care cost balloons five times the rate of inflation. Will health care reform solve the

Recognizing the rapid change in healthcare with new models which support to patient care within healthcare reform by using medical technology with standard procedures; it measures up to which extent patient-centered care experience and volume of healthcare with inpatient care increased. Patients with multiple conditions have complex needs and are increasing in number in the population. This multimorbidity is one of the greatest challenges facing health care, patient having more than one condition it generates interactions between pathologies, duplication of tests, difficulties in adhering to often conflicting clinical practice guidelines, continuity of care, confusing self-management information, and medication errors. Here, clinical decision