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    of those changes being the introduction of Obamacare, or the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act has been a hot topic of discussion for almost 6 years. The Affordable Care Act or, Obamacare, is a federal statute that was signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23rd, 2010. The Affordable Care Act guarantees access to health care for all Americans, mandates the exploration of new approaches to coordinated health care delivery, gives physicians more information to make them better

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    The Affordable Care Act of 2010 Clautilde Dixon Purdue University Northwest   The Affordable Care Act of 2010 Generally, healthcare policy is a term that defines the layout, procedures, plans or actions that are utilized to acquire health care goals in communities or societies. There are different forms of healthcare policies, such as H.R. 3962, the ACA (Affordable Care Act). The official name of this policy is ObamaCare and President Barack Obama signed the act into law in 2010. This policy

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    Affordable Care Act Understanding the Affordable Care Act (ACA) can be problematic, the goal of the ACA is to address the fact that millions of Americans do not have health insurance, yet they are contributors to the health care market, consuming health care services for which they do not pay. While this may seem to be a great idea, many Americans are not really sure how they are affected by this Health Care Reform. The goal is to make health insurance affordable, secure, and reliable for all.

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    The Affordable Care Act The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA of 2010) was the first time the U.S. government had addressed the issue of providing insurance to all Americans in a significant way (Shi & Singh, 2013). President Barack Obama signed the ACA of 2010 into law on March 23, 2010. Since then the comprehensive reforms that the law provides, has been rolled out in stages throughout the years following. Some of these changes included, in 2010 a new Patient’s Bill of

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    beliefs? However, in the case of the Affordable Care Act, some might suggest it splits our religious freedom. The Affordable Care Act, which was enacted in March 2010, has three primary goals. The first goal is to make affordable health insurance available to more people. Expand the Medicaid program to all adults with income below 138% of the federal poverty level. Finally, support innovative medical care delivery methods designed to lower the cost of health care generally. This means free coverage

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    This paper seeks to explain how the health sector has and shall be affected by the implementation of the Affordable Health care Act. This act represents the largest legal overhaul in the health sector for since about two decades ago. It is relevant for this paper since the Act affects the human capital in the health sector employment space. The act affects this human capital in terms of healthcare employees as well as the patients. This paper shall briefly highlight these effects and possible strategies

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    enacted the Affordable Health Care Act, which violated the rights of the American people under the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution that gives the American people the freedom of choice. Notably, the Affordable Health Care Act demands that the American people have a basic level of health insurance, on the grounds that it allude to the law’s individual mandate, which makes it so controversial, regardless, freedom is the ability to act without constraint, whereas, the Affordable Health Care

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    The Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is considered to be one of the most radical health care moves in legislation after Medicare. The reason being that it will provide universal health coverage to everyone regardless of circumstance. An evaluation of ACA’s influence on health care will be evaluated in this paper. The Cost of Health Care As the new healthcare law takes effect insurance premiums are expected to rise. On average for the last six years insurances premiums have

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    The Obama care Affordable Care Act has advantages, but the disadvantages in the favor of both the insurers and the insured play a major part in if the Affordable Care Act is for the best interest of everyone. In America, the average citizen has plenty to gain than to lose with the new insurance plans. The people on the higher spectrum ;however, will notice more negative effects of the Affordable Care Act as well as the larger businesses that will notice the financial downfall of the new insurance

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    federal government and by the states. The Affordable Care Act of 2010 retains the CHIP eligibility standards and extended CHIP funding until October 1, 2015. The Affordable Care Act also provides an additional $40 million in federal funding to continue efforts to encourage enrollment in Medicaid and CHIP. Working to keep children healthy is something that all governmental opponents can agree on. Medicaid and CHIP together provides health care coverage for low-income families. Both

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