Introduction Healthcare has always been huge issue in the United States. In the year 2010 “The cost of health care – and health insurance – was rising so fast that ever-growing number of us were winding up in the ranks of the uninsured. Fifty million – one out of every six of us – were uninsured.” (Potter, Web). It has been almost six years since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was enacted. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act includes a long list of health-related provisions and benefits. Additionally, the PPACA purpose is to extend coverage health insurance for many uninsured Americans (Obamacare, Web). The PPACA has faced any problems since it first enacted, but the biggest problem this act faces is the
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Moving on, the law was enacted on March 30, 2010 signed by President Barack Obama. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was passed in the state on December 24, 2009, and in the house on March 23, 2010. The PPACA is a health reform act, and its purpose is to help low income individuals afford affordable health care free of charge. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act include a long list of health-related provisions (Read the Law, web). The website shows that the PPACA consists of 10 different …show more content…
Mainly employers with many employees will be affected. Employers with more than 100 employees were required to extend health insurance options to 70 percent of full-time employees by 2015, with the number rising to 95 percent by 2016 in order to avoid paying fines” (Ballotpedia, Web). “Expanded health insurance coverage through the ACA is having a major impact on many of the nation’s hospitals through increases in the demand for care, increased patient revenues, and lower uncompensated care cost for the uninsured” (Cunnibgham, Web). Overall, there are many people in the US that would be affected, but hospitals and their staff would have the most Problem Definition: As stated above the major problem is the health budget deficiency. The government is in enough debt and don’t need another way to increase the dent. People who cannot show prove of insurance will be change a fee/penalty “The Affordable Care Act expanded eligibility to enable more people to received Medicaid. The Affordable Care Act increased Medicaid 's reimbursements to primary care physicians, matching Medicare levels” (Ballotpedia, Web).
Moving on, the law was enacted on March 30, 2010 signed by President Barack Obama. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was passed in the state on December 24, 2009, and in the house on March 23, 2010. The PPACA is a health reform act, and its purpose is to help low income individuals afford affordable health care free of charge. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act include a long list of health-related provisions (Read the Law, web). The website shows that the PPACA consists of 10 different …show more content…
Mainly employers with many employees will be affected. Employers with more than 100 employees were required to extend health insurance options to 70 percent of full-time employees by 2015, with the number rising to 95 percent by 2016 in order to avoid paying fines” (Ballotpedia, Web). “Expanded health insurance coverage through the ACA is having a major impact on many of the nation’s hospitals through increases in the demand for care, increased patient revenues, and lower uncompensated care cost for the uninsured” (Cunnibgham, Web). Overall, there are many people in the US that would be affected, but hospitals and their staff would have the most Problem Definition: As stated above the major problem is the health budget deficiency. The government is in enough debt and don’t need another way to increase the dent. People who cannot show prove of insurance will be change a fee/penalty “The Affordable Care Act expanded eligibility to enable more people to received Medicaid. The Affordable Care Act increased Medicaid 's reimbursements to primary care physicians, matching Medicare levels” (Ballotpedia, Web).