discuss the importance of The Age discrimination in employment act (ADEA) and its applicability in healthcare. Solution The Age Discrimination in Employment Act provides the rights to an employee so that the employer cannot refuse to hire or does not allow the discrimination if the employee is 40 or older. Through ADEA, the employee will get all the pay benefits and it will not allow the employer to classify the workers based on their age and to deprive them of their opportunities or declining them from getting promoted. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act functioning will be found similar to other federal discrimination laws and through this law who are covering can be known. In healthcare system also this ADEA law is playing an important role, in understanding the role of physicians and nurses, and how aged health care workers can provide high-quality health services in many chronic conditions. In many cases the ADEA law will protect the rights of the patients, he cannot be denied to offer any type of treatment by showing his age, and all elderly patients should get similar type of treatment..