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    Such data suggests that rural areas were actually better off in terms of medical care prior to the enactment of the Affordable Care Act than they are now. Before ACA implementation, the rural population was significantly more likely to be covered by Medicaid (21%) or other public insurance (4%) than the metropolitan population (16% and 3%, respectively). Therefore, while urban individuals on average had more healthcare benefits due to the nature of their insurance provider, since Medicaid made up

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    The Affordable Care Act is something that many Americans are extremely opinionated yet highly uneducated on. As future healthcare professionals it is extremely important to understand the legislature that affects us all as well as the patients that we serve. The Affordable Care Act is one of the most recent attempts to reform the healthcare industry by providing more affordable, high quality health insurance to Americans. The Affordable Care Acts aims to reduce premium and out-of-pocket costs for

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    the Patient Protection and Affordable Act was signed by President Obama into law. Since the last 45 years it has been the most inclusive ameliorate of the United States medical system. This Act (ACA) changed the insurance market in the United States, directives were given that most citizens must have subsidized private insurance coverage, health insurance, raises revenues from a variety of new taxes, and lower and restructure spending under Medicare. The Affordable Care Act sanctions “the deep fundamental

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    The Affordable Healthcare Act also known as ACA, is very important for us as consumers. But what does it mean exactly? Well the Affordable Health Care Act allows us to have insurance coverage. There are several different ways that we can achieve coverage either as an individual or through our employer. There are many different health care insurance is you can trees from and they all have different things they cover in different cost or premiums. There are several different things that can take into

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    The Affordable Care Act (ACA)

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    The Affordable Care Act (ACA) will cause a large influx of patients into the health care system. For a variety of reasons, this will change how the front-line health care personnel provide care. Nurses will expand his or her scope and territory of care. Front line providers will change to include more advanced practice nurses because of the national shortage of primary care providers ("Department Of Health And Human Services," 2014). No longer will they just practice in brick and mortar hospitals

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    will be discussed in this paper is the case on the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This is a historic verdict because the ACA is the first ever universal health care plan in America’s history. The verdict is a 5-4 decision that is for the ACA. The United States Supreme Court ruling on The Affordable Care Act, which gives Congress the right to “tax” individuals that do not participate in their own health insurance is the right ruling because affordable health insurance coverage for those that need it the

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    Impact of the Affordable Care Act The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the 2010 health reform act that could extend insurance coverage to as many as 32 million Americans, which also included policies that affect the quality of coverage insurers must offer (Knickman & Kovner, 2015). In addition to this, the ACA created a range of programs focused on furthering change in how medical care is organized and delivered, with a goal of reducing costs and improving quality and outcomes

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    perfect. However, although this new health care may have some flaws in the beginning, some may say that there are a little more just minute flaws. Some may express that the new Affordable Care Act may be a reform that will hurt us rather than help us. “If there is any area of social policy in which Americans are likely to be aware that their system has flaws, it is in health care.” As if America it is not already the country that has the most expensive health care system , “Americans pay an average annual

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    Obama care is great. Obama Care or the Affordable Care Act is a US healthcare, it has helped many people expand and improve access to care and curbs spending by regulation and taxes. Obama Care does many important things like offers Americans new benefits, rights, and protection in regards to health care. It also expands medicaid and has improved medicare.It also has has helped expand employer coverage. The Affordable Care act helps offer Americans a number of new benefits,right, and protections

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    The Affordable care act (ACA), all so known as Obamacare, was signed into law on March 23, 2010. The ACA said that every taxpayer must have health insurance, if they have not enrolled by the deadline they will face a penalty of having to pay for not having health insurance. People were told that with the ACA that health insurance would be more affordable and for some it did but for others it changed what they already had and they can no longer afford to have insurance. Ilyma Somin wrote that because

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