Question

The U.S. Presidential Administration of Barack Obama passed the controversial Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is one of the many influences that impact the financial structure of healthcare today. It addresses three balancing goals within the United States' health care system: 1.) access, 2.) costs, and 3.) quality. Based on your perception of the Act's purpose, do you think all three goals can be effectively reached? For example, can you increase access and reduce costs while increasing quality? What are other financial influences that relate to ACA or controversial health care issues? Explain your point-of-view and compare your findings to at least one other classmate's.

Answer 1

The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) coverage provisions have extended health insurance coverage among millions of Americans.

Three balancing goals within the United States' health care system: 1.) access, 2.) costs, and 3.) quality are somewhat reached as ecplained-The population-level effects how access to care changed across a state’s population on an individual basis, gaining insurance coverage through the ACA decreases the probability that a person will report not receiving medical care because of costs, uninsured people reported that they were unable to access care because of cost. Gaining coverage cut that figure by half and Getting coverage through the ACA is also associated with very substantial increases in the probability of having a usual place of care.

the insurance coverage provided to people under the ACA provides insufficient protection against high costs or offers such limited networks that the newly insured cannot find care.These arguments imply that the ACA would not generate improvements in access to care.

In my perception of the Act's purpose, I seriously think all three goals can be effectively reached and individual can increase access and reduce costs while increasing quality are-

In my point of view their is a strong evidence that ACA would not generate improvement in access to careimplication is false. Expanding Medicaid coverage and establishing state marketplaces have not only decreased the number of Americans who are uninsured but has substantially improved access to care for those who gained coverage. People who are newly insured through the ACA are much less likely than uninsured people to report that they are unable to get care or delayed getting care because of cost. They are just as likely as those who have always been covered to report that they now have a usual place of care.

The major cons in my point of view is Taxes are going up as a result of the ACA.

Several new taxes were passed into law to help pay for the ACA, including taxes on medical device and pharmaceutical sales. Taxes were also increased for people with high incomes. Funding also comes from savings in Medicare payments as a result the wealthy are helping to subsidize insurance for the poor. Some economists, however, predict that in the long term, the ACA will help reduce the deficit and may eventually have a positive impact on the budget.