Reforming the United States healthcare system has not been easy. Many have tried and failed. After completing the assigned reading for this week, you will find that the arduous task has been undertaken in the past, only to find that a consensus could not be reached by Congress. As such, the recent passing of this law is an incredible accomplishment, but the hard work is hardly over.
Presently, the United States government, in conjunction with both the public and private healthcare sectors, is working toward implementing the law.
For this week, please review the major provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of your textbook and formulate an initial post with the following criteria:
- In your own words, discuss the passing of the ACA. What was the intent of reforming health care at the time law passed? Provide details on the issues that this law addressed.
- Discuss the current state of the ACA. What has changed? Have the legal challenges to the ACA been successful? Why or why not? Provide specific examples of challenges that were successful and/or failed.
- Finally, what is the future of the ACA? How is our current political (Congress) addressing the issues facing you in your role as a health administrator?
In two different paragraph with no less than 75 words give your personal opinion to Brenda Newcomb and Mary Harris
Brenda Newcomb
The ACA is an all-inclusive reform of healthcare that was passed into law by Obama in March 2010. The law of ACA was planned to expand coverage for health insurance to millions of American people who were uninsured. The ACA also extended eligibility for Medicaid and it developed a marketplace for health insurance. The Affordable Care Act stops companies that provide insurance from refusing coverages due to conditions that are pre-existing and does require plans in covering lists of extremely important health benefits. Families who have low income will be able to qualify for additional savings for health insurance plans relating to an insurance payment tax credit and reductions of sharing the cost. The ACA was planned for reducing the costs of health insurance for qualified individuals. The act includes tax credit premiums and reductions of sharing the cost in helping to lower costs for people and families (Kenton, 2019).
In May 2019, the United States Representatives passed a legislation called the omnibus, for bolstering the ACA and lowering prescription drug prices. The bill is planned for safeguard protection for individuals who had preexisting health conditions and in lowing the prices of prescription drugs (Keith, 2019). In 2018, a hearing decision by Judge O’Conner made a firm decision relating to ACA. The judge ruled that ACA was unconstitutional since Congress reduced the penalty that required people that did not have health insurance in paying a fine. Although the law of tax did not unlock the individuals sanctioned itself, it did, however, had a penalty of $0 (Zhou, 2019).
Keith, K. (2019). House passes legislation to strengthen the ACA. Retrieved from
https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20190517.626290/full/
Kenton, W. (2019). Affordable care act (ACA). Retrieved from https://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/affordable-care-act.asp
Zhou, L. (2019). The latest legal challenge to the affordable care act, explained. Retrieved from https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/7/9/20686224/affordable-care-act-constitutional-lawsuit-fifth-circuit-court-texas-district-court
