risen from 724.0 billion dollars in 1990 to 2,486.3 billion in 2009 (US census, 2011). Today, we are a nation with Health Care Reform signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 2010, also known as the Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The unfortunate health circumstances for many Americans became more evident as years passed and the health industry only grew. Healthcare services have become a luxury out of reach of many and a financial burden for others. We will further analyze
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health care might be, and how current care reflects or contrasts with this. In addition to the thing listed above, this essay will recount a rather personal experience with health care expansion either negative or positive health care reform. The (PPACA) Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or Affordable Care Act (ACA) for short was created and signed into law in March 23, 2010. This law is to make sure that all Americans have access to health care at an affordable rate and to help take hold
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before handing out any information, including parents even. HIPAA has further led to the enactment of two other acts: a) Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH); and b) Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Electronic health records may also be responsible for higher exposure of medical malpractice lawsuits and liability issues. Medical malpractice lawsuits can be caused due to any lapses between information between records and/or systems from
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Demographic Paper HCS/490 February 17, 2014 Professor David Dye, MPA Introduction The world is facing a situation without precedent: We soon will have more older people than children and more people at extreme old age than ever before. As both the proportion of older people and the length of life increase throughout the world, key questions arise. Will population aging be accompanied by a longer period of good health, a sustained sense of well-being, and extended periods of social engagement
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The role of a nurse leader is a complex and multi-dimensional phenomenon that requires a nurse leader needs to have a diverse, experienced background and knows how to communicate and collaborate with other health care providers and departments (Montuori, 2010). In my opinion, nursing is a dynamic, challenging, and an evolving profession that required a nurse leader to have three important leadership attributes: transformative, culture sensitivity, and technologically savvy. First, a nurse leader
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Professor Reboli SOC 311 09/10/2012 Obama Care Obamacare is also referred as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is a United States federal statue signed on March 23, 2010 by President Barack Obama. Along with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, its main purpose is to reform health care. In 2014 the new Act will take place, which is designed to reduce the overall coverage health care costs by making services available to the 32 million who currently can’t receive
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they are obstructing/delaying the patient's treatment because the regulations restrict a specialist's capacity to practice autonomous medical judgments. These regulations should be changed and ought to incorporate clinical personnel who know. The PPACA will present more than 30 million new patients to the U.S. health services framework, a condition that has impressive ramifications with respect to patient access to care and doctor deficiencies. One recommendation would be to utilize Nurse Practitioners
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Abstract Though the statistics do not reflect much from one year to the next, the impact it will have as it increases from year to year is suggesting more and more individuals will be without insurance or some form of insurance coverage. From 2009 to 2010, the numbers are moderately low but with a 0.1 percent change per year, in five years that number will increase to 0.5, ten years could equal 1.0 percent. However, that number is forecasted with no change in economic stimulus such as jobs or health
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Neither are minorities and the poor. Different disparities exist. And one of the most common ones is not having health insurance. Despite the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), which mandates that all U.S. citizens possess healthcare, there are still many citizens in our nation that are currently uninsured. And medical treatment often proves to be too costly to pay for out of pocket. There is a correlation between education
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workers. Nurses must educate their patients on how to prevent the risk factors of heart disease. In order to reduce the high mortality rate due to MI in women, the Obama administration implemented the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), popularly called t "Obama Care". This policy has mandated that insurance companies cover important preventive care at no cost, which will help eliminate the expensive bills that would have been incurred. As a future nurse, I would address the issue
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