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Showing 1 to 20 of 93 for “"affordable care act"”.
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The Affordable Care Act: a prescription for homeland security preparedness?
Prior to implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), tens of millions of U.S. citizens were without health insurance coverage. Without health insurance, health care can be unaffordable or inaccessible, or both. Our ability to obtain health care is part of the homeland security preparedness …
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The Ethical Right to Healthcare in the Affordable Care Act
<p>Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, It has been questioned whether the right to healthcare in it can be ethically justified. The objection to a right to healthcare in general has been prominent over many decades in the U.S. The concern over higher personal taxes, quality care, and …
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THE EFFECTS OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT ON PHARMACEUTICAL PRICES, DEMAND, AND INNOVATION
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) led to the largest health insurance expansion in the U.S. since Medicare and Medicaid were introduced in 1965. This dissertation studies the causal effects of the ACA on pharmaceutical prices, demand, and innovation using a …
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In sickness and in wealth : hospitals, community benefits, and the Affordable Care Act
… benefit guidelines for non-profit hospitals enacted by the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) present major opportunities for the public health and planning fields alike. Given that social determinants-the economic and social conditions that affect our health-play a …
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Contraceptive Controversy in the Affordable Care Act: Sandra Fluke's Testimony and Rush Limbaugh's Response
The Affordable Care Act is federal legislation that reformed health policy in the U.S. In this legislation, there is a mandate for the provision of contraceptives that has spurred prolonged controversy, particularly from the Catholic Church. Because of this controversy, Congress and the Obama …
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Texas primary care and the Affordable Care Act : implications for the primary care physician workforce
Primary care physicians are the first point of contact for patients entering the formal health care system. A shortage of primary care physicians in the United States has left approximately 60 million people without adequate access to a physician, resulting in lowered health care outcomes and …
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Disruption of the group health insurance in light of the Affordable Care Act - system approach
Our current Healthcare system has multiple problems and it is widely perceived that it is not able to provide quality affordable healthcare to all Americans; millions of Americans are without Health Insurance. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law to achieve goal of 'quality affordable …
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Examining the Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Small Businesses and Industries in Northwest Indiana
… Northwest Indiana with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. The interviews were conducted over a period of six months with an attempt to answer the question, “What was the impact of the Affordable Care Act on small businesses and industries in Northwest Indiana?” Additional research …
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RESISTANCE TO MANDATED HEALTHCARE CHANGE: USING PSYCHOLOGICAL REACTANCE TO PREDICT RESPONSES TO THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT INSURANCE COVERAGE REQUIREMENT
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), passed on March 23rd, 2010, contains widesweeping legislation aimed at reforming the current U.S. healthcare system. The ACA has been lauded by its proponents and deeply criticized by its opponents. The current paper included two experimental studies designed to test …
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The U.S. Opioid Crisis and the Affordable Care Act (ACA): The Politics of Health Policy Decision-Making by Republican Governors, Senators, and States
The passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010 represented the most significant expansion of access to healthcare and health insurance in the modern United States. Support for the ACA, as well as a major component Medicaid expansion, was significantly dictated by …
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San Francisco Bay Area School Districts Contracted with California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) and the Impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010
<p>San Francisco Bay Area school districts contracted with California Public Employees’ Retirement system (CalPERS) and the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010</p> <p>This qualitative study examined the impact of high cost CalPERS medical plans on the participant’s …
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The Impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 On the Evidence Based Practice of Distributive Justice Via Comfort Care In Elderly Burn Trauma Victims
… body and the remarkable advance of modern healthcare. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) mandates the early identification of goals-of-care through shared decision-making. Survival, even for very large burns, is an expectation for every patient population with one …
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The effect of the ACA Medicaid expansions on mortality : evidence from state border counties.
This thesis examines the effects of the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid Reform on adult mortality at the county level. This thesis uses a difference-in-difference (DD) causal inference research design to study the impacts of the ACA Medicaid expansion on adult mortality rates and the …
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THE EFFECT OF OWN RACE/ETHNICITY DENSITY ON INSURANCE TAKE-UP BY ASIAN AMERICANS
… the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), Asian Americans have benefitted from insurance coverage increases but continue to experience disparities at the subgroup level (Park et al., 2018). This study investigates the association of own race subgroup density on …
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Community Health Needs Assessment and American Hospital Association
… as established by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. This includes an analysis of the implementation process and the intervention development. The analysis includes five cases of the Kaiser Foundations Hospital, and an assessment using principles established by the …
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Examining the effects of the Medicaid expansion on: Social welfare, healthcare utilization, and uncompensated care
… effects of the Medicaid expansion through the Affordable Care Act (ACA). I explore the topic of implementation and how it can lead to reformulation of policies, to other outcomes not expected, or even to outright failure. I then apply the theory of implementation to three topics the Medicaid …
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Strategic Community Healthcare Management
… Community Health Centers are growing with the Affordable Care Act. This paper introduces literature that supports the need for Community Health Centers and management of low income patients with chronic illnesses. This paper also reviews the fieldwork experience at a FQHC. It reviews the goals, …
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An Examination of How National Policies are Driving Population Health Outcomes and Organizational Change in Private and Public Sectors
The United States spends more on healthcare than any other country in the world, but still trails most other countries when it comes to important health indicators. There has been an increasing recognition that in order to address this discrepancy, the U.S. health system must begin to address the …
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Three Essays in Health Insurance
… of public health insurance enrollees?”, “The Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Coverage Among Those Lacking Housing Basics, 2010-19” and “Health Insurance Coverage Changes under Affordable Care Act among High Housing Cost Households, 2010-19”. My first chapter conducts factor importance analysis on …
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A study of the use of immunohistochemical stains in an academic hospital
With the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), hospitals are under increased pressure to understand and control cost and quality of care. While there are good metrics for primary care physicians on controlling cost and measuring quality (i.e. tracking glucose levels in a diabetic patient), …
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