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    Protection and the Affordable Care Act (PPACA) in the U.S. that put the topic of health care reform and health care costs in the national spotlight again. Once employers starting abandoning in managing the care. The purpose of this paper is discuss the Health Care Reforms of the key issues, challenges, opportunities and is the health care reform good thing or not. The enactment of the health care reform comes from the path of dependence. The Health Care Reform, was passed by President Obama, this

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    who may have to revamp their insurance plans offered to the employees. Recently the talk about healthcare has put many people in an uproar. Health care reform has been a very debatable topic since President Obama has been in office. Health care reform, also known as Obama Care, has a section called the Affordable Care

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    There are different reforms being proposed to help fix America’s healthcare system that is dialing many Americans daily. Many Americans are finding themselves unable to pay the hefty sum, it takes to take care of themselves. There are two types of markets that could potentially solve America’s health insurance dilemma. These market reforms are called perfect competition or free market reform, and Affordable Care Act. Free market healthcare reform is proposed solution to healthcare aimed at reducing

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    to make billions of dollars a year while people’s health continue to suffer. In 2010, a health care reform, the Affordable Care Act or “Obamacare”, was signed into law which eliminated those obstacles and limitations set forth by the healthcare industry. People have now been able to recover in terms of their health and financial situation. However, with as many supporters as this new health reform has, there are just as many who have opposed such law. Many feel like they have been shortchanged as

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    Health Care Reform Overview In 2010, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) which puts into place health insurance reform with the purpose of providing health care access to those who are uninsured and underinsured. The goals of the law are to make health care affordable, accessible and higher quality. In 2013, open enrollment began and now that three years have passed, it is a good time to evaluate how this law impacts Ohioans (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2014-a)

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    What is Obamacare? The affordable Care Act is the US healthcare reform law. The law makes health care and health insurance more affordable and move available to more Americans the official name is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 210, but is mostly referred to as Obamacare. This law was signed on March 23, 2010. Originally the ACA was enacted to increase the quality and affordable of health insurance, lower the uninsured rate by expanding public and private insurance coverage, and

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    What is Obamacare? The affordable Care Act is the US healthcare reform law. The law makes healthcare and health insurance more affordable and move available to more Americans the official name is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 210, but is mostly referred to as Obamacare. This law was signed on March 23, 2010. Originally the ACA was enacted to increase the quality and affordable of health insurance, lower the uninsured rate by expanding public and private insurance coverage, and

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    In 2008, Obama accomplished the goal of healthcare reform by signing the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA aims to control healthcare costs and give Americans accessibility to health insurance. One method to accomplish this is Title IX, Sec 9001 of the ACA, known officially as “Excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage”, which implements a tax on overly generous health plans. This part of the ACA remains one of many issues that has drawn ire from both Democrats and Republicans.

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    The fragmented and misaligned state of the U.S. health care system has become a catalyst for payment and delivery system reforms. Traditional fee-for service (FFS) payment structures incentivize high volume rather than high quality care, and lead to the suboptimal provision of medical services across the disjointed provider landscape. Despite various attempts to improve care delivery, health care costs continue to rise. The Accountable Care Organization (ACO) model seeks to reverse these trends by

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    The Affordable Care Act and North Carolina's Uninsured Population NUR6050 October 2, 2014 Affordable Care Act and North Carolina's Uninsured Population Introduction The Workings of an Affordable Care Act The PPACT is more widely referred to as the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA is the product of years of political debates and movements to reform the American health care system. Originally, conceived as an alternative to a single-payer health care

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