Patient Protection and ACA: Incrementalism in Policy Making
Consider what you have learned about the Patient Protection and ACA, the uninsured population, health disparities, and programs and policies intended to improve quality of care and health outcomes while reducing healthcare expenditure. Summarize your thoughts on the future of healthcare given the provisions of the ACA—changes to Medicare and Medicaid, the individual mandate, etc.—and whether or not current efforts are sufficient to reduce disparities in healthcare and improve healthcare outcomes.
TASKS:
Evaluate the impact that the ACA has and will have on the uninsured population in the U.S.
Discuss the current successes and failures of this act.
Discuss the implications of this act’s successes and failures.
Explain specific policy changes that could be made to the ACA to improve its impact on overall health outcomes in the U.S.
From the Internet, review the following:
U.S. Health Policy Gateway. (n.d.). ACA Impact Analysis. Retrieved from http://ushealthpolicygateway.com/vii-key-policy-is…
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Patient Protection and the Affordable Care Act: Policy Incrementalism
Patient Protection and the Affordable Care Act: Policy Incrementalism
Consider what you’ve learned about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the uninsured, health disparities, and programs and policies aimed at improving care quality and outcomes while lowering healthcare costs. Summarize your ideas on the future of healthcare in light of the Affordable Care Act’s provisions—changes to Medicare and Medicaid, the individual mandate, and so on—and if present efforts are sufficient to eliminate healthcare inequities and improve outcomes.
TASKS:
Examine the influence of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on the uninsured population in the United States, both now and in the future.
Discuss the act’s current accomplishments and failings.
Discuss the implications of this act’s successes and failures.
Explain specific
