Early on in my life, I became interested in healthcare due to my father being a September 11 first responder. The health effects my father endured after 9/11 not only affected him but our family as well. Thus, instilling in me a curiosity of healthcare, its complexity and importance to society. Being a double major in History and Political Science during my undergraduate career, I learned about the plethora of challenges facing healthcare in the United States, especially the effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. One of the complex issues that derived from the Affordable Care Act is the employer mandate, which forces employers to cover over all employees who put in at least 30 hours a week. However, businesses who can’t
