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    In the beginning of the year 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed and enacted legislatively by Congress in order to increase public access to health care at a reduced cost. The ultimate goal of the ACA was create a better overall atmosphere for workplace heath and safety by making healthcare more affordable. However, the passage of the ACA did have some unforeseen consequences in regards to worker compensation. The ACA was passed in order to increase government

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    passed the Affordable Care Act (ACA), more commonly referred to as Obama Care. “The ACA represents the most sweeping reform since the creation of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965”(Shi&Singh, p. 111). The opposition to implementation to ACA should not have come as a surprise and certainly was not implemented as smoothly as intended. It was passed via compromise, thus creating loop holes in a fragile new system in the infancy stage. Such a drastic, yet necessary, reformation in health care came at a time

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    When the Affordable Care Act(ACA) came to the table, much was promised with the passage of it. Until then, America was a multiple payer system, with ACA the goal was to turn America into a system that provides universal coverage and reduce the uninsured. The Kaiser Family Foundation Tracking Poll found that in 2016 the uninsured rate was at an all-time low, with the non-elderly population dropping from 16% to 10% uninsured. The ACA has a view of not only helping the public health wise but also economically

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    former President, Barack Obama signed this act into effect. The purpose of this act was to allow all Americans to obtain health insurance at an affordable rate, especially the unemployed or those individuals earning a low income. It also was put in place to guard individuals from insurance companies denying coverage due to a chronic disease or pre-existing conditions. Within the first five years of being implemented more than 16 million individuals had health care coverage (Roland, 2015). The following

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    The Affordable Care Act also known as Obamacare or ACA is the new health care program for the United States of America. The health care bill was passed on March 23, 2010 by President Barack Obama and the 111th United States Congress. The ACA was supposed to help get everyone on a health plan that was affordable for the average American. ACA has helped over twenty million people get insured. Twenty-nine million people lack proper healthcare. The Uninsured are less likely to receive medical care as

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    Obamacare refers to an Affordable Care Act (Archambault, 2014) in the U.S healthcare reform law which expands and improves the access to care services and reduces spending via taxes and legislations. The main focus of Obamacare is to provide more Americans with affordable access to health insurance and improve on the health care quality and health insurance in the nation. It regulates the health insurance industry hence reducing healthcare spending in the United Sates. The law features various provisions

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    A current important issue in healthcare is the addition of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). This program is for families and individuals with limited resources and low income. This program ensures that individuals who fall under these categories are able to have medical and financial benefits (Martin, 2015). The Affordable Care Act is a program that has expanded the eligibility for more citizens to receive benefits under Medicaid. Citizens that fall under the poverty line now

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    Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act—Technology The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) was put into place following the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2009 and was designed to foster the acceptance and purposeful use of health information technology. With the creation and implementation of a national health care infrastructure related to the electronic health care record system among providers, a revision of the current law

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    2 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. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act offered 30 million uninsured people

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    As of January 2014, The Patient Protection Affordable Care Act, also known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into effect to help lower income families be able to afford health care. The ACA was signed into effect with the idea that everyone needs health insurance at an affordable rate. There are some factors that were not taken into consideration about what it might cost to help lower income families. President Obama signed the ACA into effect as of March 23, 2010, with hopes of cutting

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