Analysis of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Policy Healthcare is a current hot topic and there is not a day that passes that it is not discussed in the media. There is constant debate on ways to help with the healthcare problems in America. On March 23, 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), also known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law in an attempt to help with the healthcare problems in America. This paper is an analysis of the PPACA policy to explore the problem of lack of healthcare insurance in the U.S. and how the law seeks to impact this problem.
The Uninsured A major goal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was to expand coverage to millions of Americans who …show more content…
In 2014, Tennessee had moved up to 40th out of 51. The Scorecard ranks states based on five categories: access and affordability, prevention and treatment, avoidable hospital use and cost, healthy lifestyles and equity — meaning availability of services across racial and socioeconomic groups. One would assume that by looking at this improvement in ranking the state would have better health outcomes, but the data shows very little improvement in access and avoidable hospital use and cost. Tennessee decreased in ranking for prevention and treatment (Radley et al., 2014). Even though Tennessee moved up in ranking on the Scorecard on State Health System, there is still a huge need to continue …show more content…
My plan is to work in an Emergency Department (ED). I will be caring for underserved patients in a rural area, many which are uninsured. The PPACA will allow many more patients that were uninsured to receive care with a primary care provider (PCP), but without Medicaid expansion, there still will be patients unable to receive the care needed. Since many uninsured patients are unable to see a PCP, they go to the ED for all their healthcare needs. This contributes to increase medical expense and overcrowding of the ED with non-urgent
The Uninsured A major goal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was to expand coverage to millions of Americans who …show more content…
In 2014, Tennessee had moved up to 40th out of 51. The Scorecard ranks states based on five categories: access and affordability, prevention and treatment, avoidable hospital use and cost, healthy lifestyles and equity — meaning availability of services across racial and socioeconomic groups. One would assume that by looking at this improvement in ranking the state would have better health outcomes, but the data shows very little improvement in access and avoidable hospital use and cost. Tennessee decreased in ranking for prevention and treatment (Radley et al., 2014). Even though Tennessee moved up in ranking on the Scorecard on State Health System, there is still a huge need to continue …show more content…
My plan is to work in an Emergency Department (ED). I will be caring for underserved patients in a rural area, many which are uninsured. The PPACA will allow many more patients that were uninsured to receive care with a primary care provider (PCP), but without Medicaid expansion, there still will be patients unable to receive the care needed. Since many uninsured patients are unable to see a PCP, they go to the ED for all their healthcare needs. This contributes to increase medical expense and overcrowding of the ED with non-urgent