Question

Evaluate the current Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) and identify two future changes that would benefit both the patient and the provider. Provide your rationale on why your recommendations would benefit these stakeholders.

Answer 1

Affordable Care Act (ACA):

- It is the care to the patient given with efficient & affordable cost thus benefiting them.

- It provides American with better health security by putting in place comprehensive health insurance reforms that will-

• Expand coverage- more accessible to population
• Hold insurance companies accountable
• Lowers health care costs
• Guarantee more choices
• Enhances quality of care for all.

- So, unlike America, Implementation of this act globally will help affordable Care that it is intended to be.

Benefits of ACA:

• Treatment discount for sealers
• Free preventive care
• Pre existing conditions
• Consumer assistance
• Health insurance marketplace
• Small business tax credits
• Protect against health care fraud
• Improves quality & lowers health care costs
• Improves access to health care
• New consumer protections

- The ACA actually refers to two separate pieces of legislation-

* Patient protection and Affordable Act

* Health care and education Reconcilitation Act of 2010

that together expands Medicaid coverage to millions of low income Americans and make numerous improvements to both the Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program ( CHIP)

- This Act is nicknamed as Obamacare by US federal statute.

- So the idea of Implementation of ACA will definitely provide benefits to both Patients and provider in turn, it will be-

Accessible, effective, at low costs, at reasonable rates thus benfiting both of them.