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    United States department health and human science The Affordable Care Act puts consumers back in charge of their health care. Under the law, a new “Patient’s Bill of Rights” gives the American people the stability and flexibility they need to make informed choices about their health. In today’s society some people agree with the affordable care act, some don’t and some may agree to disagree. This paper will discuss, varies information of Health care reform including the negative impact it has on…

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    The Affordable Care Act: Why the Premiums are Going Up, Why Insurance Companies are Backing out of it, and What Effects it has on the Economy The Affordable Health Care Act was passed in March, 2010; by former President Barack Obama. According to (Affordable Care Act-HealthCare.gov), “the act has 3 main goals, to make affordable health insurance available to more people, to expand the Medicaid program, and to support innovative medical care delivery methods designed to lower the costs of health…

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    It has caused health insurance to rise, and it has been said that the Affordable Care Act was going to ease the financial burden on Americans and improve their coverage and care. Neither of the two has yet to occur. The Affordable Care Act has also forced everyone to pay for the taxes that Obamacare requires. Every health plan with more than $25 million dollars of premiums has to pay a portion of that giant…

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    The Affordable Care Act ( ACA) was initially created so that low-income families could receive health care benefits. This led to a court case between the National Federation of Independent Business and Kathleen Sebelius, where the Affordable Care Act was questioned its constitutionality. The National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius allowed people to be aware of the current healthcare issues and how the court case impacted the healthcare system. Primarily, the introduction of the…

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    The Affordable Care Act along with the Patient Protection are laws that was passed to insure that American citizens can afford an obtainable health care for them and or their families. March 23, 2010 was the day and year that President Barack Obama first initiated the two laws. So focusing more on the Affordable Care Act, the law is supposed to ensure that American citizens are able to have some form for of health coverage. By doing this Obama was intended to provide healthcare to broader…

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    diagnosed with a mental illness. That’s 64,910,116 people just in the U.S. with a mental illness. However, many are still un-treated or not given the medical assistance they need. Many more are still In order to solve this problem, an Act should be passed that guarantees health care/insurance and training for police officers in order to benefit the mentally ill. A lot of American citizens are surprised at the abundance and diversity of mental illnesses in the United States. Some of the most…

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    it comes to women, preventive care should include coverage of contraceptive services such as birth control,” declared President Obama. Two years ago the President of the United States delivered a speech to both Houses of Congress and the world announcing that the new Affordable Care Act would require businesses to provide contraception in addition to basic health insurance to all of its employees. Mixed feelings spread across the nation, and it became clear that the act was either a step towards…

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    To find information about health care providers and facilities usually is done by asking someone else, a family member or a friend to see if they know something about that practitioner or facility. However, to find valid and reliable information, the internet is one of the best option. In the book, the authors did mention about government websites that the client can go online and see the information. Today, the information is easier to find with the advance of technology. In the state of…

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    All Americans have the fundamental human right to health care regardless of any circumstances, or at least they should. Health care systems of the past and present have become a common topic of controversy. While new provisions of the Affordable Care Act continue to unveil, adversaries will have more opportunities to contest its changes. However, abolishing the Affordable Care Act would leave millions of low-income Americans without health care. The quality of life that many Americans live…

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    The Affordable Care Act Looking back before The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was made available, Americans were denied access to certain insurance companies because of a current illness they had or if they were too old. Either Americans were denied access or their health care insurance premiums sky rocketed. President Obama came up with the ACA to help low-income Americans have access to cheaper health care, even if it meant to have some people not agree with his decision. ACA has nine titles…

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