Veronica,
Some of the most influential benefits that the ACA creates includes more citizens gaining access to affordable health care, pre-existing health conditions no longer impeding health care coverage, and the improved quality of patient care. Like you stated, even with all these advantages of the Affordable Care Act, it still exhibits similarities to that of the social contract era. The government’s control in deciding that health insurance coverage is required is a clear illustration of this. As our textbook points out, “policies and laws do not always cut in favor of what many people believe to be in the best interests of public health and welfare” (Teitelbaum & Wilensky, 2017, p. 3). Unfortunately, there will always be a division
Some of the most influential benefits that the ACA creates includes more citizens gaining access to affordable health care, pre-existing health conditions no longer impeding health care coverage, and the improved quality of patient care. Like you stated, even with all these advantages of the Affordable Care Act, it still exhibits similarities to that of the social contract era. The government’s control in deciding that health insurance coverage is required is a clear illustration of this. As our textbook points out, “policies and laws do not always cut in favor of what many people believe to be in the best interests of public health and welfare” (Teitelbaum & Wilensky, 2017, p. 3). Unfortunately, there will always be a division