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Affordable Healthcare Act (ObamaCare)
The main objective of the federal government is to offer an affordable healthcare services and products to the citizens. Health is one of the development indicators in relation to the condition of the economy. In the process of enhancing the healthcare services within the United States, the government and the congress sought to adopt and implement an effective healthcare plan towards the achievement of the societal goals. This relates to the adoption and implementation of the ObamaCare in 2010. The main goal of the healthcare plan is to offer affordable health insurance for the citizens of the United States thus reduction in the growth of the healthcare spending by the society members. The affordable healthcare plan does not seek to replace the concept of private investment, Medicaid, or Medicare programs by the federal government and various states. The plan focuses on enhancing accessibility to the healthcare programs and services to all citizens regardless of their political, social, and economic status. Currently, the cost of healthcare services and products is costly or expensive. This is beyond the reach of most of the citizens thus the need to cater for the less fortunate members. ObamaCare represents a step in the right direction because of no annual limits, lack of health insurance restrictions on sick citizens, coverage for preexisting conditions, quality... ObamaCare or Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act focuses on the introduction of equality within the context of the United States. This is through affecting the taxation systems for the ordinary and wealthier citizens within the United States with different implications. According to International Business times (p. 1), Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will increase taxes moderately for the average Americans while affecting the taxation rise sharply in relation to the wealthier citizens. According to the article, Melissa Labant notes, "If you have many medical expenses [the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act] will affect your tax situation," or if you have an income of $200,000 or more." There are four factors affecting the rise or variation in the taxation systems following the implementation of the affordable healthcare. These include new limits on the flexible spending, increased threshold in relation to deductible medical expenses, increase on the Medicare tax on wages, and passive investments. This is an indication that the affordable healthcare program would focus on the enhancement of the societal welfare thus improvement of the healthcare needs to the citizens regardless of their political, social, and economic conditions.
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The affordable healthcare plan focuses on the reduction of the healthcare costs in relation to services and products delivery. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is designed with the aim of reducing the healthcare cost. This is through availing healthcare services and products to the 32 million citizens of the United…
Affordable Care Act Legal Studies 101 Commerce Clause and the Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 was signed into law on March 23, 2010 and a number of provisions have already gone into effect and still others are scheduled to be implemented over the next four years (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation sec. 2). Probably the most controversial provision is the requirement that Americans who chose not to purchase
The Affordable Care Act means that health coverage will be required for almost every American and will be partially subsidized. However, it will not change the employer-centric, private-insurer-based system of financing and coverage. Demand for care will increase significantly and rapidly, but the underlying issues that created the need for a safety net in the first place will not be solved in the near future. Feldstein (2005) argues that if
Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a new health insurance reform associated with direct advantages besides the minimal drawbacks. One advantage of this reform relates to health care intensity and quality. As a result, the cost of health care services differs according to providers in different geographic locations. Consistency could be achieved, health care quality improved, and costs minimized if providers practice consistent with best practice standards. If this is done,
"Twenty-one State Attorneys General have filed suits to protect their citizens from being forced, in violation of the Constitution, to purchase government-approved health insurance" (Obamacare: Impact on States 4). Doctors are drastically being cut out of profit through Obamacare. As a result, "Nearly two-thirds of doctors are considering abandoning any kind of government-sponsored health care insurance, stating that regulations are too high and reimbursement too low" (Obamacare Facts 1). "Obamacare expands
Affordable Care Act (ACA) • Differentiate between at least three groups of stakeholders impacted by the ACA. Obamacare or the ACA (Affordable Care Act) was primarily designed and put into effect in the year 2010 with an objective of offering better healthcare insurance coverage for the American people and minimize the heavy costs incurred by the American people to access healthcare (Thompson, 2014). Although ACA has achieved sizeable success in coverage there
Affordable Care Act of 2010 Brief History of this Legislation -- How it Became Law When the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law by President Barack Obama in March, 2010, the legislative process was saturated with tension and heated rhetoric. After a bitter, chaotic period in which legislators attempted to hold "town hall" meetings to explain the benefits of the play -- and organized disruptions at those meetings set a