The Goal Of The Cures Act

The topic of end-of-life care may seem daunting and uncomfortable, and yet most individuals do have unique desires and concerns regarding their provision for the future. Providing the opportunity for that communication, the advance directive and POLST forms allow an individual to explicitly state their wishes before the future. Developed to lessen the apprehensions concerning patients undergoing any extensive and unwanted measures to preserve life at any cost, these medical directives lighten the decision-making burden for physicians and families alike and help comply with the patient’s utmost end-of-life wishes.

As an involved, aware member of the community, Angela understands the needs of her constituents, which showcase many common needs of the American population, and advocates for their physical well-being in all senses. She has previously served as the top Democrat on the Committee’s Subcommittee for Health (2006-2014). During the 111th Congress, Angela served as Chairman, as well as serving a critical role in authoring and passing the Affordable Care Act. Due to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, 105 million Americans have eliminated lifetime limits on their coverage, 5.1 million senior citizens have saved $3.2 billion on prescription medication, and millions of citizens have access to healthcare for the first time. Angela addressed the American drug epidemic through her co-sponsored legislation to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act and her leadership in the passage of the Comprehensive Addiction Recovery Act of 2016. The 21st Century Cures Act helps to create modern cures with new technology, due in part to the leadership of Angela. Some of Angela’s proudest accomplishments stem from her

Questions are constantly circulating around the new Affordable Care Act. Many do not know what it does and the government is trying to make it out to be a big savior to the medical field for doctors and patients alike. The Affordable Care Act has also been given the name Obamacare because of its ties to the President. He believes that increasing the amount of people on insurances of any kind that meets his “standards” will help health care become more available and more profitable. Unfortunately, these claims are not true as Obamacare is clearly going to negatively impact health care in all aspects. The problems start for patients who get on government healthcare programs, such as Medicaid, with the fact that the treatment plans are extremely

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Republicans unveiled their health care bill draft Thursday, leading to a mixed reaction from lawmakers and outside organizations about the replacement for former President Barack Obama's health care law.

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.

control of both houses of Congress by the Democrats led to the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), often referred to as “Obamacare” was signed into law in March 2010 since then, the ACA, or Obamacare, has become a centerpiece of political campaigning” (Manchikanti et al., 2017). The Republicans now being in absolute in control of the presidency and both houses of Congress and are attempting to repeal and replace the ACA. Moreover, the future of the healthcare reform is still uncertain, especially due to the Republican party and by President Donald Trump. Affordable Care Act reform has given insurance coverage about 20 million people, reduced the cost of it, and improved quality of care to all patients. There are several laws of

I chose to review title VI of the Affordable Care Act, which encompasses transparency and program integrity. This section of the Affordable Care Act focuses on keeping Americans informed about their healthcare choices and reducing fraud and abuse in programs funded by the federal government. “It attempts to strengthen doctor-patient relationships using new medical research and access to more data to allow doctors and patients to make the decisions that work best for them” (Affordable Care Act Summary, n.d.).

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), also referred to as the "Affordable Care Act" or "ACA" or "Obama Care") is the major health care reform bill passed into law on March 23, 2010. The debates surrounding the PPACA have been volatile at times, and continue to be the most intense public examinations of any piece of legislation in our recent history. The affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is ripe for repeal. For the American public, there are ample reasons for dissatisfaction: higher costs; arbitrary and sometimes absurd rule-making; bureaucratization of an already overly bureaucratized sector of the economy; incompatibility with personal freedom and religious liberty; enormous spending and heavy taxation; and widely acknowledged design flaws, evident in the ACA’s hopelessly complex and unworkable subsidy schemes, boondoggle bailouts, and collapsing co-ops. Nonetheless, other ACA legal challenges were still facing the healthcare law. In December 2015, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court arguing against the constitutionality of the employer insurance mandate within the Affordable Care Act. The law contains a number of experiments designed to drive down health costs, such as Accountable Care Organizations. The whole idea is to move the system away from paying for volume and toward paying for value. We still don't know whether that will happen. But it's fair to say that reducing the cost of health care will make it easier to expand coverage. The nation’s gains in health care coverage and delivery system design over the last several years have made measurable differences in the lives of millions of Americans. There are many ways to achieve a high-performing health system. But it’s critical that the nation remain committed to this goal.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was implemented in March of 2010 by President Barak Obama. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as Obama care went into effect on January 1st of 2014. More than half of the United States of America was uninsured before the ACA was put into effect. The goal of the ACA is to provide those who fall in the “gap” with health insurance.

Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on February 17, 2009. President Obama signed the act into law four days later. The law directed about $150 billion in new funds to the healthcare industry. It included $87 million for Medicaid, $24.7 billion to subsidize private health insurance for people who lose or have lost their jobs, $19.2 billion for health information technology, and $10 billion for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The act also provided $650 million to support preventive medicine and wellness activities targeting health issues such as; obesity, smoking, and other risk factors for chronic diseases as well as $500 million for health professions training programs. This legislation has helped stimulate the

In the United States, the medical and pharmaceutical industries have the greatest technology and professional medical services in the world. As a result, the cost of medical care is higher than the other countries. With that said, due to ever increasing costs, healthcare reform has been an issue for the past two decades. In order to lower the cost of healthcare, President Obama introduced revolutionary changes. ObamaCare is the unofficial name for The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a health reform law signed on March 23, 2010 by President Barack Obama (DeMichele). According to ObamaCare, “the Affordable Care Act does lots of important things including: offering Americans a number of new benefits, rights, and protections in regards to their healthcare; setting up a Health Insurance Marketplace where Americans can purchase federally regulated and subsidized health insurance during open enrollment; requiring most people to have coverage beginning in 2014 in order to get an exemption, or pay a penalty” (DeMichele). Since the ObamaCare started, many conservative politicians and Obama haters tried to challenge the ObamaCare because they assume the law takes advantage of tax payers. On the other hand, some politicians think President Obama starts a new era of health care. On June 25, 2015, the Supreme Court rejected another challenge in the case of “King vs. Burwell”. The justices voted 6-3 that the IRS can continue

Government influences. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a comprehensive approach to tackle some the challenges in the healthcare industry. The first issue addressed by the legislation was the disparity in access to healthcare. The act created healthcare exchanges, which created the opportunity for previously uninsured Americans to obtain health insurance and access to care(U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2014). Researchers estimate the new consumer base has significant chronic health issues that were untreated, as the uninsured population did not have access to healthcare providers (The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2011). The newly insured demographic may generate a new market opportunity for the clinic.

Jane was diagnosed with lung cancer 6 months ago and underwent chemo and radiation. The treatment was not entirely effective, and her oncologist is recommending another course of chemo, along with a possibility of surgery. The oncologist and surgeon feel that this course of treatment would not necessarily be a cure, but would potentially extend life, and that the chance of living beyond a year is about 30-40% with this treatment. Without treatment, they estimate that she will likely live approximately 6-9 months. Jane is concerned that she will have little quality of life, as the first course of chemo and radiation caused extreme fatigue and nausea, as well as hair loss and skin peeling.

In 2011, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality recorded that Americans made nearly 40 million hospital stays (Pfuntner). Each of these stays in each of the 4,000 hospitals and medical centers across the nation produced, at the very least, one medical record. Every healthcare provider needs to process and maintain these records with haste and accuracy. Failure to do so can result in a multitude of repercussions, ranging from the mistreatment of patients to errors in reporting to insurance that create a cycle of rising costs for both patients and healthcare providers. ERP systems, or Electronic Medical Records system as it has come to be known in the healthcare industry aim to serve a field with an exponentially growing need for

Cancer. We all know someone who has suffered from it or has passed away because of it. Cancer now affects one in every three people, and is the second highest cause of death in the United States. For decades, the medical community has been on the hunt for a cure for cancer, and have been subjected to intense ridicule from the public because of a lack of progression toward a possible cure. In recent years, many scientists, doctors, researchers, and the general public have come to believe that the cure for cancer is being suppressed because of this lack of progress. Those who say it is suppressed claim that the drugs used to treat cancer actually cause cancer, making a patient sicker and sicker. As a result, the patients are forced to spend