The Patient Protection Affordable Care Act

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act( PPACA) also known as Obama care is a healthcare reform signed in March 23, 2010 whose main goal is to conceptualizes the “ Universal affordable Healthcare Coverage “making significant impacts in the healthcare system. The purpose of this board is to discuss the challenges that effective leaders at different levels in the society should face on regards to

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), issued in 2010 by Former U.S. President Barack Obama, has caused such a controversy due to its way of reforming today’s healthcare system. Although, the Affordable Care Act has so far been the most important piece of health care legislation passed ever since the Social Security Act of 1965, which established medicaid to the elderly. In recent events in U.S. politics of 2017, our newly elected Republican President Donald J. Trump and the majority of Republicans plan to overthrow and replace the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, with a more “affordable” way to gain health insurance named “the American Health Care Act”(AHCA). However, they have not realized that modifying the

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is a United States federal statute that was signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. This particular law has come with much controversy. The law (along with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010) is the principal health care reform legislation of the 111th United States Congress. PPACA reforms certain aspects of the private health insurance industry and public health insurance programs, increases insurance coverage of pre-existing conditions, expands access to insurance to over 30 million Americans, and increases projected national medical spending while lowering projected Medicare spending.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a federal statute that was signed into law in America by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. It is divided into 10 titles.

This paper explores the flaws within the healthcare system in America that was passed as the Affordable Care Act and Patient Protection Act (PPACA); although, the intent behind the act was meant to do no harm, it seems as if the Affordable Care Act did more harm than good within the majority of the population. There are many sides to any issue, especially concerning the healthcare system within the United States, but based off of research, statistics, and articles one can obviously perceive it to be a good effort upon the American government. Questions arise upon efficiency from a physical/quality perspective of the American people, and also the monetary aspect. As stated, the issue of the Affordable Care Act is somewhat controversial and the politics of the subject are rarely black and white, but an objective view upon the issue is necessary to fully appreciate the act and constructively analyze the issue at hand, and the concerns that arose due to the act. Signed into the law on March 23rd, 2010 by President Barack Obama were the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA was expected to revolutionize American healthcare insurance security by expanding healthcare coverage, lowering insurance costs, improving the quality of medical care, etc., but it seemed to have done just the opposite. One can surely assume that the intent behind the healthcare innovation was completely genuine; however, one certainty can observe the issues following the ACA and Patient

There has been much, debate between supporters and opponents of the law, over the pros and cons of the PPACA. It is undoubtedly an immense piece of legislation, which affects several portions of the U.S. health care system. There are those who believe that PPACA will not decrease the various cost associated with the U.S. health system, but will cause a cost increase. According to these individual, any purported decreases to the deficit is a result of imaginative accounting on behalf of the CBO and the Obama administration. The goal of this paper is to examine the effects the PPACA on the health care system. The focus will be to give a brief overview of insurance premiums and Medicaid expansion.

The Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is a federal statute that was signed into law by President Barak Obama on March 23, 2010. The PPACA which is commonly referred to as “Obamacare” was endorsed by lawmakers based on the objective of shifting healthcare cost from the employer to the government. The enactment of the PPACA has been viewed as unprecedented by many based on the constitutionality concerns related to healthcare reform. In order to address some of the concerns related to healthcare reform it is important to go back and view the nation’s history.

Signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), or Affordable Care Act (ACA), ushered in a new era in the way Americans get their medical care (coverage). Guaranteeing new consumer protections and creating insurance exchanges to facilitate greater access and affordability by reducing premiums and costs for tens of millions of Americans. When passed, the ACA allowed for states to expand access to Medicaid to those previously ineligible, including some people above the Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and in its five years since passage the law has faced challenges to its component pieces, its legality, and constitutionality all together. A Supreme Court decision in 2012 ruled a key element of the ACA, the expansion of Medicaid, to be optional for the states. From that decision, 24 states and the District of Columbia have chosen the expansion option and seen success, while opposition in other states has led to efforts to block expansion, invoking a sophistic response where those living above the FPL receive federal subsidies and the most in need are left without coverage. The success of the ACA in non-expansion states – Georgia, in particular, here - depends on the state governance to make available the expansion of Medicaid for the population of their states, including opening doors for patient navigators to reach into local communities and raise awareness.

On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed comprehensive health reform, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), into law. The United States is at the beginning of a long overdue and much needed overhaul to the health care system. The changes made to the law by legislation, focuses on: provisions to expand public health coverage, an effort to control health care costs, initiatives to improve health care delivery system, and reorganization of spending under Medicare (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2014). More than 90 changes were included in the law; some went into effect almost immediately such as: posting of caloric details at major chain restaurants, taxation on tanning, and more breastfeeding rooms and

In this paper I plan to discuss an increasingly difficult topic of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. I will go over the basics of the act including who founded it, when, what it states as well as what its purpose is. I will also discuss the nine titles of the Affordable Care Act. I will then go over how four of the nine titles have affected how nurses provide care. I will finalize my paper by reflecting upon what I have learned from the Affordable Care Act.

Health care ensures protection. When a person is plagued with a malady or injury, he/she will often seek medical treatment to be cured of his/her ailments. Attending the hospital for treatment can be expensive, and as a result, difficult for patients to pay their receipts. Health care corporations provide insurance that helps pay for their customer’s medical bills; consequently, they protect their customer’s finances and savings from overwhelming depreciations. Proposed by the United States House of Representatives and greatly supported by the 44th president, Barack Obama, from whom it earned the monicker “ObamaCare”, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was signed into law on March 23, 2010; the PPACA’s purpose is to reform

What are some words that come to mind when Americans think about health insurance in this day in age? Expensive, deductibles, out of pocket, mandatory, out of network, copayments? Those words sounds just about right. Well, thanks to the affordable care act hopefully those thoughts should and have changed. Maybe subsidy, assistance, affordable, for everyone would be some words that come to mind. All focusing on what some call Obama Care which is the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and officially called The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The ACA was designed to reform not only healthcare but health insurance industries as well. It is now a federal statue in the United States of America that was signed into law in March of 2010 by President Barack Obama. Although created 5 years ago, the major phase began in January of 2014. Hospitals and primary physicians were to turn their practices around financially and even their technology in order for better health outcomes and lower costs to come about all while improving their services. In other words, practices were to increase the quality of services that they provide and at a lower and affordable price for consumers. There were a lot of backlash and confusion that came from Americans because of the act. Yet, there are great outcomes and there are also things that can be better about the ACA. Let’s take a look at the beginning, present and even possibly the future.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) has been one of the most controversial laws in the history of The United States. One of the key components of the law is the creation of health insurance exchanges. The states had the option to establish a state managed exchange, partner with the federal government, or let the federal government establish the exchange for them. Several states have opted to let the federal government establish the exchange for them. As of May 28, 2013, there are 17 State-based Marketplaces; 7 Partnership Marketplaces; 27 Federally Facilitated Marketplaces.1

On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in Law. The health reform law establishes a national, voluntary insurance program for purchasing community living services supports known as the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Program (CLASS ACT). The CLASS program is designed to expand options for people who become functionally disabled and require long-term services and supports, including home care, adult day care, or a stay in a nursing home. In exchange for paying premiums during their healthy, working years, people would get a daily cash benefit to help defray the costs of these forms of assistance. The CLASS program was made effective on January 1,

It is one of the most regulated health care systems ever in the history of the United States. PPACA/ACA a.k.a Obamacare is also one of the hugely funded public policy, and one of the weirdest, unpopular and ineffective government mandated health care policy the world has every seen. Since passing into law in 2010, hospitals and doctors are devoting significant amount of time trying to detail this documentation. This takes away from potential time hospital and doctors can spend helping their patients. This new policy is seen as placing bureaucrats between doctors/physicians and their patients who grant regulators unprecedented control over individual medical decisions. On top of these regulations, what is even more frustrating is the manner in which this new policy levied unprecedented fines/fees/taxes on individuals and small businesses. The PPACA/ACA a.k.a Obamacare is stripping away patient’s autonomy and drowns doctors in bureaucracy, and drain job satisfaction. Many students considering a careering in medicine will pursue other opportunities. The supply of providers will dwindle as demand for services reaches an all-time high. Employers are already passing the cost over to patients through passing increased healthcare costs on to workers, raising co-payments, boosting the costs of dependent coverage, delaying hiring, and reducing work