Social Work Agencies

Once the ACA was implemented, it affected millions of individuals, particularly those individuals who seek help through social work agencies. Additionally, this can cause a negative or positive outcome among clients. Without adequate care many of these individuals will be forced to alter their plans, causing even more stress among social workers. Once again, this changes the course of many of these individuals’ lives, while also further exploiting them. In a positive light, many of these clients will be allowed to access desperately needed healthcare insurance further helping them achieve their goals, while also helping relieve the stigmas surrounding these individuals. Once insurance has been obtained it can further help by educating the …show more content…
Addressing these individuals first eliminates confusion when filling out paperwork, thus cutting down on the amount of errors. Additionally, this would include assessing individuals who are barely above the federal poverty level. Addressing and finding adequate insurance for these individuals is first and foremost the most important task before others can be addressed. Moreover, this will help social work practices by eliminating errors, and thus creating a steady stream of individuals with the same issue instead of having individuals with multiple problems in different areas. The second recommendation I would recommend would be to evaluates each individual’s situation and determine what type of preventive services that each client may need. In addition to making this easier for workers, it also makes it easier for clients as they are the ones that are most effected by the change. Furthermore, the individuals will be less stressed and will be able to find more …show more content…
It gives those that would not be able to access healthcare a chance at gaining the same quality of care that those who are able to afford healthcare and those who are able to access a facility in case of an emergency have. The Affordable Care Act is indeed saying that these individuals are equal and deserve the same amount of healthcare as their counterparts. Furthermore, the idea of social justice as stated in the NASW, aims at helping people find the help the need while also addressing the problems they have and finding the resources that could be used in order to help them become successful. Once again the idea of social justice is seen throughout the ACA act as it helps individuals find the resources needed so they can become the best individual