Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Look up news articles about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act enacted in 2010 (both for and against the legislation). Then answer the following questions:

Articles about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Look up news articles about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act enacted in 2010 (both for and against the legislation). Then answer the following questions:

1) What are major inequalities related to health in the U.S. as they affect less powerful groups in society?Also apply what you learned from the required readings in your response.

2) What is the role of the state (i.e. federal government) in creating and perpetuating these inequalities?Please be specific.

3) Finally, After reading about it, do you think the PPACA legislation is helpful in terms of health inequalities? Lastly, Explain your answer.

More details;

What is the purpose of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act?
(It’s sometimes known as “PPACA,” “ACA,” or “Obamacare.”) The law provides numerous rights and protections that make health coverage more fair and easy to understand, along with subsidies (through “premium tax credits” and “cost-sharing reductions”) to make it more affordable.
How has the Affordable Care Act impacted the healthcare industry?
Tax credits for small businesses. The Affordable Care Act aims to help small businesses to get health insurance for their workers. Small businesses were to receive help in funding the cost of providing health insurance. New tax credits made it more affordable for them to buy health insurance for employees.
Additionally, What major health disparity for the working poor exists in the United States?
The United States has among the largest income-based health disparities in the world: Poor adults are five times as likely as those with incomes above 400 percent of the federal poverty level to report being in poor or fair health.