Health and Legislative Issues
All Americans have the desire of having a healthcare system which is capable of delivering world-class security together with financial security. The system in place should always be accessible and one that impacts the economy positively. Successful healthcare reforms will lead to a maximization of the choices available for consumers put a restrain to the ever increasing medical care costs and make healthcare accessible to more and more Americans. There are a number of organizations that have consistently urged the president and congress on building on the existing systems which strengths in order to achieve health reform solutions that are workable in a bipartisan manner. However, there are some healthcare legislative issues that come up and have effects on various stakeholders such as legislators, consumers and other healthcare professionals. This paper will look at one of the current health legislative issues, who is affected most by the issue, the current political, socioeconomic .cultural and ethical issues that surround the issue.it will also look at the stakeholders involved in the issue, the positions other healthcare organizations, major political parties and consumers hold on the issue and finally the implications this policy has on nursing.
The legislative issue
One of the current legislative issues in healthcare is the affordable healthcare Act which was a bill crafted in the United States House of Representatives but never became law the way it was drafted originally. There were many reforms that were made on the draft but in 2010 an alternative bill, Patient protection and Affordable Act was passed. Accessibility, coverage, cost accountability and quality healthcare are some of the things that the Obama administration claimed to be bringing reforms with this PPACA. Since its inception in 2010 there have been a lot of issues surrounding this act and various...
The proponents of the
legislation praised how this policy would be successful when it comes to addressing the problems that are being faced by the healthcare system in America while the opponents claim that this Act would do more harm than good to the
healthcare industry.
The impact of the law is being heavily debated based on four main arguments these include;
individual mandate, the application of anti-injunction Act, lack of severability clause within the statute and Medicaid
expansion hat is contained within this law.it is a requirement by law that citizens purchase health insurance deemed by the
federal government or opt to be covered by programs that are sponsored by the government (Mears, 2012).. If anyone chooses not to take part in either of these two they will be liable to a
tax penalty and employers too will be liable to these penalties if they fail to acquire these policy for their
employees. The most pressing issue under this legislation is that the congress does not have any
authority to enact individual mandate under commerce laws in that forcing citizens to take up health coverage or charging them a fine.
Who the law affects
This legislation affects many people but the ones who are most affected are the citizens. This is because there are so many new taxes for individuals as a result of this Act. This includes tax on earned income including wages and net earnings whereby the PPACA will impose an additional 0.9% on the current hospital insurance. Tax will also be imposed on unearned income which means investment income that is in excess of a threshold that has been set. On the other hand any individual who does not want to take part in either of the policies in the cat is liable to a tax penalty of 1% of their income (Goodman,2012).…
