Affordable Care Act
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Yolanda Raqueno
HCS/455
April 17, 2013
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act The goal of this essay is to discuss the health care system in the United States. Another aim of this essay is to discuss the health policy, to improve, and to reduce inequalities. In the United States the private insurance system is a major provider of health care services, health care system is expensive and in many cases not efficient. This essay focuses on the patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Formulating, Legislative, and Implementation stages. The government has trying to stop the increasing growth of spending on health care and offering different measures by pricing controlling regulation of medical practice. According to Nichols, (2010) in 1980s many health insurance companies called Health Management Organizations (HMO) emerged. The HMO did not offering direct medical treatment; however, some consumers still making contracts with private doctors and taking the health insurance payment from patients (Nichols, 2010).
Formulating Stages According to Rigby, (2011) the United States is facing a health crisis increasing rates of chronic illness, persistent health disparities, and escalating medical cost, therefore, addressing these [problems requires reaching beyond traditional policy to address the nonmedical determinants of health, including socioeconomic, and environmental conditions (Rigby, 2001). Many uninsured Americans do not have enough money to turn to the appropriate specialists, and unable to receive proper medical treatment. There are many people lack of health coverage, for instance, many American under age of 65 are currently uninsured and most of the uninsured people go without health coverage because poor people cannot afford to purchase health insurance, and uninsured American would purchase it if they could. Another reason is the uninsured patients are less likely to receive
Yolanda Raqueno
HCS/455
April 17, 2013
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act The goal of this essay is to discuss the health care system in the United States. Another aim of this essay is to discuss the health policy, to improve, and to reduce inequalities. In the United States the private insurance system is a major provider of health care services, health care system is expensive and in many cases not efficient. This essay focuses on the patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Formulating, Legislative, and Implementation stages. The government has trying to stop the increasing growth of spending on health care and offering different measures by pricing controlling regulation of medical practice. According to Nichols, (2010) in 1980s many health insurance companies called Health Management Organizations (HMO) emerged. The HMO did not offering direct medical treatment; however, some consumers still making contracts with private doctors and taking the health insurance payment from patients (Nichols, 2010).
Formulating Stages According to Rigby, (2011) the United States is facing a health crisis increasing rates of chronic illness, persistent health disparities, and escalating medical cost, therefore, addressing these [problems requires reaching beyond traditional policy to address the nonmedical determinants of health, including socioeconomic, and environmental conditions (Rigby, 2001). Many uninsured Americans do not have enough money to turn to the appropriate specialists, and unable to receive proper medical treatment. There are many people lack of health coverage, for instance, many American under age of 65 are currently uninsured and most of the uninsured people go without health coverage because poor people cannot afford to purchase health insurance, and uninsured American would purchase it if they could. Another reason is the uninsured patients are less likely to receive
References: Morone, J. A., Litman, T. J., & Robins, L. S. (2008). Health politics and policy (4th ed.). Clifton Park, NY: Delmar Cengage Learning.