1. Affordable Care Act on North Carolina
Affordable Care Act on North CarolinaPaper instructions:Application: The Impact of the
Affordable Care Act on North Carolina’ s Uninsured PopulationAlthough there is often
political pressure to create programs that increase access to services, these programs often
are unfunded mandates. The expansion of insurance coverage is directly linked to health
care costs, and controlling these costs presents a tremendous challenge. This week’ s
readings present information on cost evaluation; potential trade-offs related to cost, quality,
and access; and financial and economic principles that apply to cost evaluation in delivering
health care services.An example of the difficulty of aIDressing these competing interests can
be seen in a case study concerning “ The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on North
Carolina’ s Uninsured Population” . This Assignment focuses on ethical, financial, and
quality of care aspects surrounding the issue.*Read the case study about “ The Impact of the
Affordable Care Act on North Carolina’ s Uninsured Population” on pages 202– 203
inHealth policy and politics: A nurse’ s guide (Laureate Education, Inc., custom ed.).*Reflect
on what you have learned from the readings and media segments about health care
financing as you read the case study.To complete this Assignment, write a “ 3- to 5-page
paper “ that aIDresses the following:Explain the impact of the Affordable Care act on the
population that it affected.Explain the impact of the economics of providing care to patients
from the organization’ s point of view.How will patients be affected in relationship to cost
of treatment, quality of treatment, and access to treatment?What are the ethical
implications of this act for both the organization and the patients?ResourcesKovner, A. R., &
Knickman, J. R. (Eds.). (2011). Health care delivery in the United States (Laureate Education,
Inc., custom ed.). New York, NY: Springer Publishing.Chapter 3, “ Health Care Financing”
(pp. 47– 66)This chapter attempts to unravel several of the complexities in America’ s
health care system, and it also provides an analysis of the health care/insurer/patient
relationship and how hospitals are actually funded.Chapter 12, “ Health Care Costs and
Value” (pp. 257– 276)Rising costs of health care and potential approaches to constraining
growth in health care expenditures are examined in this chapter.Chapter 15, “ Health
Workforce” (pp. 315– 329)This chapter looks at the nature of the supply and demand for
health care professionals in the United States.Milstead, J. A. (2013). Health policy and
politics: A nurse’ s guide (Laureate Education, Inc., custom ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and
Bartlett Publishers.Chapter 10, “ Overview: The Economics and Finance of Health Care”
(pp. 191– 206)This chapter breaks down the basic elements of economics as they relate to
health care, explaining how consumer choice combined with limitations on what hospitals
2. can supply affects the type of care given.• Reinhardt, U. E. (2010, Jan 20). State of the nation
(a special report): Voices—
A good start. The Wall Street Journal, p. R5.Retrieved from the
Library databases.This article describes how the U.S. health care reform bill seeks to obtain
better value for the U.S. health care dollar by generating more research into cost-effective
care.• Stein, R. (2010, November 8). Review of prostate cancer drugs Provenge renews
medical cost-benefit debate. The Washington Post. Retrieved from
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
dyn/content/article/2010/11/07/AR2010110705205.htmlThis article describes a federal
review conducted to determine whether Medicare expenditures should be allocated to an
expensive prostate cancer vaccine. The author details both sides of the debate on the
issue.• Müller, D., Zimmering, M., Chan, C., McFarlane, P., Pierratos, A., & Querfeld, U. (2008).
Intensified hemodialysis regimens: Neglected treatment options for children and
adolescents. Pediatric Nephrology, 23(10), 1729– 1736.Neil, N., Walker, D. R., Sesso, R.,
Blackburn, J., Tschosik, E. A., Sciaraffia, V., & …Bhattacharyya, S. K. (2009). Gaining
efficiencies: Resources and demand for dialysis around the globe. Value in Health, 12(1),
73– 79.Media• Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2012c). Healthcare
Economics and Financing. Baltimore, MD: Author.ORDER THIS ESSAY HERE NOW AND GET
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