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636738393092 |
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ESSAY |
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PHD VERIFIED |
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APA |
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10 |
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3-12 PAGES |
Post 5:
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a healthcare reform with provisions for health insurance coverage for uninsured individuals, lower costs, improve the efficiency of health care, preventative care, extension of dependents to age 26 and also prevent insurance companies from denying or increasing premiums for pre-existing conditions (Green, 2018).
The number of uninsured individuals under age 65 of the population went from 16.6 percent before ACA took effect to only 10 percent in the first quarter and the number keeps decreasing. ACA has increased the number of individuals with health insurance thereby helping in reducing cost in the health system. ACA invests in programs such as Partnership for Patients that is designed to improve quality care by reducing hospital acquired conditions; it is estimated the initiative has help save 125,000 lives and 28.2 billion dollars in health care cost from 2011 to 2015 ACA also supports public health prevention efforts by providing funding for programs and mandates insurance companies to cover preventative care (APHA, 2017).
The role of the nurse in implementing the law:
Nurses as lifelong learners and change agents have to continue expanding their knowledge to transform with today’s healthcare system with the focus on preventive care. Nurses can advocate for the at-risk population in the community, reduce health disparities, and improve health and wellbeing. Nurse’s also need to be involved in the community, know the stakeholders in the community who are interested in supporting the community and helping with the change process, and also get involved in politics to voice the needs in their communities (Green, 2018).