Healthcare Topic Research For this assignment, we were required to choose a topic that addresses the issues relevant to our discipline (i.e. public health, health care administration, or health informatics). I elected to focus my paper on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and whether the implementation of this bill has helped combat the rising price of pharmaceutical drugs. This paper will also investigate the history of the ACA, the result that this law has made within the health care industry, as well as its recommended solutions. History of the ACA The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is generally known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and even Obamacare in some instances. The ACA was enacted as a law in 2010. The ACA's first …show more content…
If they do not obtain coverage they will be sentenced to pay a fine. Sixth, businesses with more than fifty employees are required to offer coverage for employees. Failure to do so will result in a penalty of $750 per worker. Seventh, starting in 2010, small businesses with less than twenty-five workers may be eligible for a tax credit that will cover up to half of their health care coverage costs. Eighth, states may be allowed to restrict certain insurance plans from offering abortions. Under this provision, no federal money will be allocated towards covering the cost of abortions. Ninth, in 2014, states will be permitted to increase Medicaid coverage to some low-income citizens under the age of sixty-five. Finally, the act intends on increasing coverage for seniors and low-income residents through Medicaid, while transforming reimbursement plans, controlling fraud, and attempting to regulate the increasing costs of prescription medication. Discussion In recent years the cost of pharmaceuticals has risen exponentially. It is no secret that America spends the most money on healthcare services yet has the worse outcomes. In a paper written by Friedman in 2016, they estimated in 2012, the United States would spend $883 per person on pharmaceutical drugs. This is almost twice the amount that is spent in other developed countries. The report also showed figures and compared how much other developed nations such as
Q2-Evaluate Vegemite’s brand image based on the social media research undertaken by Talbot and his team .In light of these historic factors, Why did Talbot want to revitalize the brand?
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been a topic of dispute since its introduction and continues to be discussed by politicians in the U.S. and throughout the world even after its passage. The Act has many opponents and is the cause of much controversy nationwide, primarily because it introduces higher healthcare costs for the richest citizens. Nevertheless, the ACA is an important stage in the American healthcare development process as it not only allows more people to receive healthcare services, but will also reduce the deficit. However, not everyone agrees. The policy is controversial in terms of cost vs. benefits, but the benefits ultimately outweigh the costs.
The Affordable Care Act, or, “Obamacare” as it has been dubbed by the media and general public was approved on June 8, 2012 when the “The Supreme Court of the United States upheld most provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by a 5-4 vote” (James, "Affordable Care Act and Pharmacy: Big Changes Ahead?"). This vote and approval has completely reshaped the landscape of the healthcare field, not only from a provider’s aspect, but from a consumer’s aspect as well. The need for healthcare reform was made apparent due to the growing
emerge as a professional entity until the beginning of the 20th century, with the progress in biomedical science. Since then, the
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is considered to be one of the most radical health care moves in legislation after Medicare. The reason being that it will provide universal health coverage to everyone regardless of circumstance. An evaluation of ACA’s influence on health care will be evaluated in this paper.
Many people have a lot of questions when it comes to the new healthcare reform law. First off Obamacare is formally called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the healthcare reform law that was signed in 2010 and now many states have opened their health insurance marketplace exchanges as of October 1, 2013.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a health reform law that was signed by President Barrack Obama on March 23, 2010. The full name of the law is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). One week later the President also signed a law called the Health Care Education and Reconciliation Act (HCERA), which was a supplement that made several changes the PPACA. What the country currently refers to as the ACA or "Obamacare" is both of these laws combined. (McDonough, 2012)
Despite the fact that the ACA is intended to be great ideology, it has affected three components of the current health care system operation, policy, procedure, and implementation. The first key factor the ACA has affected is the relationships of the health care system at large, as such individuals are mandated to have health insurance and insurers are forced to accept individuals who would
On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Healthcare Act into law. It had been estimated that 30 million people would sign up for the new healthcare act. As of April 15, 2015 the actual number of people that have signed up is 11,776,046 which is a far cry from what was predicted. Within the healthcare system all across the United States things are changing. How will the Affordable Healthcare Act impact the healthcare system within the United States? This paper will address what the Affordable Healthcare Act is first and then
2. Think of an example of a time you have received feedback from others than has improved your knowledge, skills and understanding. This may have been from your assessor, tutor, a supervisor or line manager, or individuals using the service. Description of experience How did this experience improve your knowledge, skills and understanding?
The implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), popularly known as “Obamacare”, has drastically altered healthcare in America. The goal of this act was to give Americans access to affordable, high quality insurance while simultaneously decreasing overall healthcare spending. The ACA had intended to maximize health care coverage throughout the United States, but this lofty ambition resulted in staggeringly huge financial and human costs.
Westmount Nursing Inc. is a for profit chain with seven different nursing homes. It has a grown from a small few bed facility to a facility with 4 different divisions that made to help make seniors more independent. The Westmount Nursing Homes were in search for a chief executive officer and president, which was filled by Shirley Carpenter. After Shirley Carpenter came on to the company, many changes were made and implemented. Some implementations were successfully, but she was also challenged with many problems with the Union Federation of Nurses and the Board of directors regarding wages and total quality management implementation. My recommendation would be for Shirley to stop the implementation of total quality management and focus on
The affordable Care Act was signed into law in March 2010 by the President Barack Obama (affordablecareact, 2016). The objective of this Act is to improve the American health care system by expanding the health coverage through insurances. This essay would like to discuss the impacts of ACA on Health Care Providers from an economic view. Generally speaking, there are mainly three parts in this essay: firstly the author would discuss whether the ACA can help the problem of adverse selection, and then the author would like to show the difference between ACA and Single-payer Plan - especially the financial part. In the end the author would summarize the discussion and provide personal views towards ACA.
In today's modern world with plenty of technology, it is hard to believe that we cannot figure out how to reduce Medical errors. The issue of medical error is not new in health care organizations. It has been in spot light since 1990's, when government did research on sudden increase in number of death in the hospitals. According to Lester, H., & Tritter, J. (2001), "Medical error is an actual or potential serious lapse in the standard of care provided to a patient, or harm caused to a patient through the performance of a health service or health care professional." Medical errors
Under payment, an ideal healthcare system will have the challenge of delivering higher quality for lower costs. The system’s payment reform will involve a transition from fee-for-service to global from systems that are value-based important for the achievement of the overall healthcare goals. An ideal healthcare payment system will give a great deal of support to value-driven system of healthcare delivery (Kent, 2013). The fee-for-service payment system will be of great importance to the healthcare system as it will help control the costs of health care.