On subject line needs to say week 1 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA or ACA). Discussion: Analyze three of the ten major provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA or ACA).
Discussion: Compare and contrast the U.S. health care system with that of one other industrialized country.
Discussion Overview
Discuss three of the ten major provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA or ACA) and their implications for the U.S. health care system.
Discussion Overview
Compare and contrast the U.S. health care system with that of one other industrialized country, and discuss how specific state and federal agencies support health care in the United States
Use the Internet to complete the following:
Explore the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Health Care site.
In particular, review About the Affordable Care Act, Insurance Marketplace, and Coverage to Care.
Access and review the following online resources, which will provide helpful context for the health care legislation you will discuss in the Week 2 assignment:
ACA.
Caswell, K. J., & Waidmann, T. A. (2017). The affordable care act Medicaid expansions and personal finance. Medical Care Research and Review, 76(5), 538–571.
Hilliard, J. I., Liebenberg, A. P., Liebenberg, I. A., & Ruhland, J. (2018). The market impact of the Supreme Court decision regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Evidence from the health insurance industry. Journal of Insurance Issues, 41(2), 135.
Hospital Quality Initiative.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (n.d.). Key initiatives in measuring and reporting health care quality. https://www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/resources/initiatives.html
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. (2021). Hospital inpatient quality reporting program. https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/HospitalQualityInits/HospitalRHQDAPU
MIPS/MACRA.
Jones, R. T., Helm, B., Parris, D., Grubbs, S. S., Choy, H., & Kapetanovic, K. (2019). The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) made simple for medical and radiation oncologists: A narrative review. National Library of Medicine, 5(5), 723–727.
American College of Cardiology. (2015). Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015: What you need to know. https://www.acc.org/latest-in-cardiology/articles/2015/04/28/15/59/medicare-access-and-chip-reauthorization-act-of-2015-what-you-need-to-know
American Rescue Plan.
The White House. (n.d.). American Rescue Plan: President Biden’s plan to provide direct relief to Americans, contain COVID-19, and rescue the economy. https://www.whitehouse.gov/american-rescue-plan/
The White House. (n.d.). The American Rescue Plan [PDF]. https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/American-Rescue-Plan-Fact-Sheet.pdf
APA Style
When you have located the resources you will use to support your discussions and assignments, you will need to cite them appropriately. The following resources can provide quick reminders for the proper APA format to use when citing journals, books, and websites.
Analyze three of the ten major provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA or ACA). What are the implications for the U.S. health care system?
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