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When the Affordable Care Act went into action in 2013, which required all people to acquire health insurance, it was in order to improve the quality of care, increase access to insurance and services, and lower the cost of care. In order to lower the cost of health care, changes by the insurance companies and hospitals had to be executed. Hospitals had to make adjustments to adapt to their new budget. As a result, changes made included position cuts and efficiency improvement. One very…

Every citizen deserves the right to receive high-quality health care at an affordable rate. Unfortunately, that is not the issue. From the health care debates, we recognize that a multitude of complicated and challenging problems involved. Each country 's health care system created base on the needs and demands of their country. Nonetheless, no one health care system alike, as they each share similarities and differences in many ways. Over the years, the health care systems has evolved to…

statue will work in practice. The changes were provoked by administration technical and other issues in dispatching the HealthCare.gov, the online insurance marketplace that three dozen states depend on and changes in response to complaints by consumers or parts of the healthcare industry. The modifications took about a year and businesses, insurance companies and people of the United States had to make alterations to their policies due to the ACA if changes weren’t implemented there were…

controversial, even though it became a law it continues to be a controversial topic. (Feldman, 241) In addition to the challenging of the law, the entire idea itself has been accused as unconstitutional because it requires people to either buy the insurance or pay a penalty. The Supreme Court decision in June 2012 defended ACA’s constitutionality which dealt a serious blow to those that believed Obamacare was unconstitutional because it took the liberty and freedom from Americans away. The…

Health is described as the general fitness, where one is physically, mentally and socially active and well. It is the ability of an individual to adapt when facing mental, social and physical challenges. Every person depends on his or health for their day to day activities. A sick person cannot be able to do his/her work well. As a result, people try each day to learn every possible way to improve their health and maintain it. It is in this process when most people find it important to visit…

When dealing with the topic of the economic burden of obesity, most likely someone would think about the amount of money spent on food by the obese population. However, as the prevalence of overweight and obesity continues to climb, the economic cost associated with the epidemic continues to grow in other ways. Current estimates of economic expenses related to the epidemic are estimated to be 75 billion or more, taking up 4-7% of all health care cost (Dart, 2010). With this rising prevalence…

The One-Stop Shop: A Kaiser Permanente Case Study Review Established in the 1930s by Henry J. Kaiser and Dr. Sidney as a health care program for construction, shipyard, and steel mill employees, in 1945 Kaiser Permanente (KP) opened enrollment to the public (Our History, 2016). Despite many challenges and set backs, KP has become one of the leading and largest healthcare providers in the United States (SPEC Associates, 2011; "Labor Management," n.d.). However, is KP ready to meet the health…

What is Medicare? Medicare is federal health insurance for people 65 and older individuals 65 and under with certain disabilities, and any person with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) and Lou Gehrig’s disease also known as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) (Medicare Matters, n.d.). Medicare is one of the largest federal government programs that provide health care benefits to the elderly. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is the organization in control of the Medicare program.…

The year 1965 the United States under the Johnson administration passed medicare as a social medical insurance for the elderly. Providing healthcare for anyone over 65, it was the largest healthcare reform act ever enacted in the U.S. Until March in 2010 President Obama authorized PPACA also known as Obamacare this is a health care act which allows all citizens to be eligible for health insurance and also makes it affordable with upgraded quality. A large part of Obama presidency was the…

employers who don’t offer, and individuals who don’t take, health care insurance, assessing taxes on various health related activities, and reducing overhead by consolidating the higher education loan program with the Pell Grant program. Although there has been tremendous opposition before, during and after its becoming law. The Supreme Court ruled it was constitutional that all U.S. citizens must purchase health care insurance from a private carrier, or pay a penalty, is for the right for…