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1. Respond to two other classmates’ at least with 100 words
Respond to two other classmates’ at least with 100 words Classmate # 1. Post The Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) has revolutionized the American health care
system by making it possible for an additional 20 million Americans to have health
insurance and by preventing the loss of thousands of lives. The Affordable Care Act
formalized safeguards for those who already had health problems and did away with the
requirement that patients pay a portion of the cost for high-quality preventative care
(Adamson & et al. (2019).. Most of its components have contributed to better healthcare for
the patients. For instance, the expansion of insurance coverage by the ACA has improved
the number of insured people in the united states of America, which is a key element to
better patient services. And through this expansion, the patient sicknesses that insurers
discriminated against can be covered which is a positive in the healthcare sector.Another
component of ACA that will better the healthcare services is the compensation of the
healthcare practitioners based on the value they provide rather than the volume of work.
Compensating nurses based on their value will improve the quality of the healthcare
services they offer to the patients as they will be highly motivated to deliver high-value
healthcare services. (Adamson & et al. (2019). The expansion of Medicaid has resulted in
improved access to medical treatment as well as better overall health outcomes for low-
income individuals and their families across the country. There is a substantial body of
research indicating that expanding Medicaid leads to an increase in the consumption of
health services and an increase in the diagnosis and treatment of various health conditions,
such as cancer, mental illness, and drug use disorder. The expansion of Medicaid is
associated with improvements in health outcomes such as cardiac surgery outcomes,
hospital admission rates for patients with acute appendicitis, and improved mortality rates
for cardiovascular and end-stage renal disease (Adamson & et al. (2019). These have
improved the quality of the healthcare services that patients can access and
afford.ReferencesAdamson, B. J., Cohen, A. B., Estevez, M., Magee, K., Williams, E., Gross, C. P.,
… & Davidoff, A. J. (2019). Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion impact on racial
disparities in time to cancer treatment. Classmate #2 Post The high costs of medical care are
one of the leading causes of bankruptcy in the United States, directly impacting families.
Having health insurance allows families to have the tools to have a longer and healthier life.
The creation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) allows Americans to have medical coverage,
and the government created the tools to control the high costs of health, but the creation of
a high-quality, accessible, and affordable health system is not over; there is a long way to go

2. to achieve those goals. (Obama, 2016)Before the ACA law, the health system was dominated
by fees for services, so some providers benefited more than others regardless of who
focused more on providing better quality care. The ACA law also created a more effective
way to detect fraud in the Medicare and Medicaid system. At the same time, we see a
substantial improvement in the quality of care.Changes in the law ACA have made progress
in the health care system, and there is still much work to be done in this complex system. In
the dynamic application, everyone learns day by day about the more inclusive health
market beyond pre-existing conditions. Many people were left out of the system since
insurers did not want to assume the patient’s risk regarding hospitalizations. Although the
law addressed policies for prescription drugs to this day, it continues to be of great concern
to all due to the increase in expenses for prescription drugs.Congress has a vital role in
avoiding the law’s regression, always focusing forward and thinking about the possible
improvements that added to the law to continue with medical benefits.In a review of the
last ten years of the ACA law, more than 20 million people received medical coverage and
multiple medical insurance claims. Based on this review, they intend to fill the existing gaps
in the law ACA and equitable care. (Buntin, 2020)I believe that there are many roads to
travel related to the health system in the United States since health coverage is better while
individual or family income is low. Still, the lower middle class continues to be affected due
to high premiums, deductibles, and copays. It should also be noted that the income tables
for verification of eligibility remain almost static, with many factors influencing annual
income, which makes it difficult to project the same category a person falls into. We hope
that substantial improvements will be established in the ACA law and that politicians will
efficiently use the taxes they collect. They consider health essential for the development and
growth of the country.ReferencesBuntin, M. B. (2020). The Affordable Care Act at 10 Years.
JAMA Health Forum, 1(7), e200896.
https://doi.org/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2020.0896Martinez, C. R. (2019, June 1). NCHS –
404 Error – Resource Not Available. Www.cdc.gov; Published May 24, 2016. Accessed June
14, 2016. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/releases/released201605.htm.Obama, B. (2016).
United States Health Care Reform. JAMA, 316(5), 525.
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2016.9797