Question

Analyze the evolution of U.S. healthcare reform. Your analysis should include the following

How has the evolution of healthcare impacted the delivery of healthcare services to date? Does healthcare reform advance the continuum of patient care? Why or why not?

Answer 1

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was enacted on 23rd March 2010. The primary aims of ACA (affordable care act) include establishing near-universal coverage and shared responsibility, improving the affordability and quality of healthcare insurance coverage, enhancing the quality and efficacy of healthcare services while minimising the wasteful spending, and to strengthen primary health-care access particularly to medically underserved populations. The ACA allowed the insurance coverage to people with pre-existing conditions and created new protections for elderly and disabled people against coverage policies. Overall, efforts of ACA are directed to reframe the economic association between Americans and the health-care system, thereby to stem the health insurance crisis.

Irrespective of the insurance plan and income, the quality is aimed to be equal for all the individuals.The same physicians are available to choose for all types of plans, which ensures distribution of equal quality care.So, it has definitely affected the delivery of healthcare services.

ACA considered incentives to reduce hospital-acquired conditions such as adverse drug events, pressure ulcers, falls and avoidable infections. A national wide 17% reduction in hospital-acquired infections was reported from 2010 to 2013. These safety measurements saved approximately $12 billion and prevented 50,000 deaths. The Partnership for Patients improved the quality, safety and health care affordability for all United States citizens and help patients heal without complications