The Affordable Care Act ( Aca )

The contraceptive coverage in the new Health Care law makes preventative care more accessible and affordable to millions of Americans. This is particularly important for women who are more likely to avoid the cost of contraceptives because of cost. To help address these barriers in terms of cost and ensure that all women have access to preventative Health Care Act, all new private insurance plan that covers a wide range of preventative services such as breast x-rays, pap smears smoking prevention and contraception without co-payments or requirements for sharing other costs. The current problem is that the Affordable Care Act is imposing on the 500 store chains of Hobby Lobby’s religious rights by forcing the company to provide full coverage of contraceptives of the 13,000 workers as part of its health care plans. David Green and family, whom founded Hobby Lobby, believe that the healthcare act is violating their held religious convictions.

The Affordable care act (ACA), all so known as Obamacare, was signed into law on March 23, 2010. The ACA said that every taxpayer must have health insurance, if they have not enrolled by the deadline they will face a penalty of having to pay for not having health insurance. People were told that with the ACA that health insurance would be more affordable and for some it did but for others it changed what they already had and they can no longer afford to have insurance. Ilyma Somin wrote that because of the Commerce, Tax and the Necessary and Proper Clause because basically they say that ACA offers economic effects in some way or another (Somin, 2012).

Do you think birth control should be covered by health insurance? For a long duration of time, this has been a question that still remains up for discussion. Birth control is a widely known contraception, but many people are against it. Sixty two percent of the population of women uses contraception. 10.6 million women use this contraception, and as time goes on the number seems to increase. When used accurately, birth control prohibits pregnancy. Today, due to the Affordable Care Act, all private health plans are required to provide contraceptive coverage at no cost to patients. When congress passed the Affordable Care Act, it created major controversy. “Roman Catholic bishops and others have said the government is stepping on religious liberty by forcing Catholic institutions, such as hospitals, to include contraception in their employees' health insurance plans” (New Haven Register). Others say that people are denying the scientific facts and birth control should be covered by health insurance. Many people are asking, “Why is contraception still seen as

Substantial increases in health care costs has put significant strains on federal, state, and household budgets as well. Quality of health care varies widely, even after controlling for cost, patient preferences, and sources of payment (ATR, 2015). Many Americans lack health insurance coverage which also put a burden on the health care system itself, onto the consumers, and the tax payers as well.

Like every law, the Affordable Care Act passed in March of 2010 has its positives and its negatives. While there are numerous benefits that will come to pass due to the act, there are also several factors preventing many states from fully enacting the new requirements of the law. In fact, many are fighting the new policy. For all of the arguments centering the new health care act, the benefits offered by the ACA far outweigh the negatives. The law looks to expand coverage and care, as well as reduce the overall costs of healthcare services and will benefit millions.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) and its mandate regarding contraception has been the center of contention since the United States Supreme Court decided to go forward with the case in 2013. The initial mandate in question instructed establishments to include and or make available all forms of contraception. Additionally, the employee’s individual health care plan was to provide the contraception at no cost so as not to impose an additional burden. Then again, particular forms of birth control conflict with the beliefs of many of the for-profit corporations represented in the case. However, some corporations have voiced

The article begins by giving the history on contraception to readers to help build up the idea that birth control is a controversial topic. Opponents of birth control have been working at the state level to eliminate tax money being spent on planned parenthood, a non-profit organization that helps

Despite the fact that abortion gains so much attention, Planned Parenthood does a lot for birth control. According to their website, the company provides six different types of birth control. These various contraception methods are proving that birth control is still an important part of society, no matter what else is happening. By providing six different contraception types, women are given a range of options that allows them to be comfortable with what they choose, safe, and happy. In an article from besider.org titled “A tale of two birth control implants”, author Connor Davies recounted the experience she had with her birth control implant. Davies stated in her first sentence “[c]hoosing to get my first birth control implant was one of the best decisions I have ever made… I had three blissful, worry-free, baby-free, mostly-period-free years of birth control with the Implanon implant.” Many women are happy with their birth control, and it is completely unrelated to the drama unfolding with the birth control. While the media continues to focus their attention on the controversy, it is important to remember that the birth control aspect is a separate and successful part of Planned Parenthood. Not only that, the birth control is fulfilling Sanger’s goal in life. Sanger was “speaking for the millions of women who are crushed with over

A difficult dilemma exists today in the American healthcare system concerning the rights of healthcare and religious institutions, universities with religious affiliation, and private business owners who refuse to provide insurance that covers abortion related services and or medications pertaining to such services. This quandary also encompasses individual practitioners such as physicians and nurses who refuse to participate in this practice. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) now requires contraceptive coverage, and contraceptive counseling for those businesses and practitioners who participate in the Health Insurance Marketplace, (HealthCare.gov, 2016), and in some states, the ACA also requires that

Pain is a condition that is determined and described by the person reporting it. There are several components to pain including the emotional, psychological, and physical aspects. Many health professionals struggle to understand this phenomenon and thereby insert their own perspectives into the pain assessment of patient reporting pain. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) (2010), also titled the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act H.R. 3590, was passed by Congress and signed into law on March 23, 2010 (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), 2013). Hospital value based purchasing programs (VBP) were developed to align patient quality care and outcomes to the support initiatives from the ACA. A component of the VBP includes patient satisfaction. Patient satisfaction is a self-reported response to questionnaire administered by a third party. Many hospitals utilize Press Ganey to administer the survey for the inpatient and outpatient patients. One component the survey includes patient’s self-reporting how well their pain was managed during their hospitalization. This measure of satisfaction can have an adverse effect on patient outcomes and increase opioid use in this setting. Patient satisfaction and pain management are both subjective however pain management while within scope of healthcare professionals should not be included in the patient satisfaction survey.

Many women take birth control not just to prevent unwanted pregnancy, but also to help treat medical problems. Kathryn C., from Princeton, West Virginia, is one of the thousands of women who take birth control for medical reasons. She shares her feelings to Planned Parenthood’s website, “...My birth control is the most expensive prescription I have to take, and it worries me that I might have to choose between a medicine I need for my health and other things I need like food, gas, and rent.” (Kathryn). There is a debate right now in our society about birth control coverage. Some people have beliefs that birth control should not be covered by insurance companies because it would cause religious conflict in the work environment, but others believe that insurance companies should fully cover the price of birth control because it has many health benefits for the consumers. Birth control should be covered by insurance companies.

Contraception services are known to be expensive and many women in the United States depend on their employer to have access to contraception services. The Protection Patient and Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) created by the Obama administration aimed at making birth control benefits accessible to as many women in the U.S. With Barack Obama’s presidency at an end and Donald Trump as the newly elected president of the United States, women under the Obamacare program now risk losing access to birth control benefits due to the Trump administration draft rule which now allows basically any employer to file a religious exemption from the mandate. This is the first step at dismantling the Affordable Care Act mandate that has saved

Statement of Issue: Health insurance coverage has been chronically problematic for the United States for decades. Conservatives and Liberals have continuously argued about the challenges that America’s healthcare system faces and how insurance and payments ought to be handled. The main issues concerning Americans include: cost, access, and quality of healthcare. Most citizens are provided health insurance through their employers.6 However, problems concerning birth control coverage through employers have sprouted; an example of a contraceptive case that has been evaluated would be Burwell v. Hobby Lobby in January, 2016.3 Without easy access to birth control millions of women will face numerous problems; for example:

Health care and what people are legally allowed to do with their bodies have created controversy galore throughout history. A particular point of debate is the topic of birth control and the government. A dangerous couple, it raises the question of who should have control over contraceptive laws and what controls involving them should be put in place? Currently, under the Obama Administration, the Affordable Care Act and “Obamacare” have been created. One of the sections of this new plan creates a mandate which requires private businesses to provide insurance that covers birth control costs. The government should not be able to force businesses, and therefore the American people, to pay for birth control via health insurance because it

According to MedTech, (2015) the U.S. market for reproductive management products was estimated at more than $3.7 billion in 2013. This market, which includes a broad range of contraceptive drugs, contraceptive devices/implants, and fertility drugs, is expected to expand at a healthy compound annual growth rate of more than 7%, increasing by more than $1.5 billion over a span of 5 years. A recent report released by Grand View research stated that healthcare provider training has been more focused on IUDs and implants due to more young women requesting these types of contraceptive devices. (Grand View Research, Inc., 2015, p. 01) Grand View further stated that the North America contraceptives market accounted for the largest share of Contraceptive growth at over 30.0% in 2014 owing to, the high incidence rates of abortion, rising population of women within the age group of 15-44 years, and high patient awareness levels in the region. They forecast that the presence of an extensive product pipeline portfolio is expected to boost industry growth throughout 2020.