Affordable Care Act

Healthcare has a set of regulations, rules, and legislation that have been established to govern clinical practice and shape the delivery of care. Health policy covers an array of issues including emerging medicines, preventive health care, financing of health care, long-term care, chronic illness, and public health at large. The healthcare policy succeeds in federal,…

In April 2018, the Trump administrations rewrote rules for health care plans that were sold though the Affordable Care Act marketplaces. These new rules added some exemptions from the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) previous requirements. The changes will take effect for the ACA health plans to be sold fall 2018 but for 2019 coverage. The…

Social Justice Issues and Policy Healthcare should be an absolute right to all of humanity, unfortunately, it is treated as a privilege in America. When we are in a poor state of health, every aspect of our life is affected; thus, affecting other people, cycling into various areas, causing a negative disruption in society (Segal,…

Medicare and Medicaid Very rarely is a person able to go through life without seeking some form of healthcare. Finding the healthcare is not the problem in most cases, however accessing it and paying for it is an on-going problem for Americans and immigrants in the United States of America. However, with the passage of…

In March of 2010 the United States witnessed the first major health care reform since 1993 with the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). One of the provisions that were included in the ACA was states needed to expand eligibility requirements for Medicaid. However, Idaho decided not to expand Medicaid in part because Idaho…