The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is good for what ails you. When the citizens of the state and country have access to care, with use of insurance coverage, the health of the nation is improved. This is because sick people are less likely to delay treatment and more likely to seek primary care when they can afford and/or have coverage.
Tennessee like all other states had an opportunity to provide an exchange to their residents. The exchange would have “made insurance more affordable [for the vulnerable poor and sick] …who purchased insurance through an Exchange established by a state” (Pratt, 2015, p. 16). Unfortunately, the majority of law makers in the state of Tennessee failed to allow their citizens access to affordable healthy living
Tennessee like all other states had an opportunity to provide an exchange to their residents. The exchange would have “made insurance more affordable [for the vulnerable poor and sick] …who purchased insurance through an Exchange established by a state” (Pratt, 2015, p. 16). Unfortunately, the majority of law makers in the state of Tennessee failed to allow their citizens access to affordable healthy living