Health Care Reform (BHS450)
BHS450 Module 5 discussion: Health Care Reform Week 1 of Module 5 The new healthcare law has been in the news as of late. It was hailed by some as the end all be all for healthcare. It was supposed to allow more people access to care. It was supposed to reduce the cost of care, which is skyrocketing. It was also supposed to improve the quality of care. However, the reality of the new law is that most people will pay more and some won’t qualify for a plan in the new exchange. For this discussion question, take a position on the new reform initiative. Is it going to solve our issues of cost, access, and quality or is it just another government experiment that will ending up costing the taxpayers a lot of money? In preparing your response, ensure that you properly in-text cite all sources used in the support of your stated positions and the example or examples you chose to utilize. The response needs to be a minimum of 250 words. Also, you will need to include the references at the end of your posting.
Health Care Reforms
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Health Care Reforms
Effectiveness of the reform initiative
The reforms in the health care industry officially referred to as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act were signed in the year 2010. Their main aim is to make heath care more accessible and affordable to the people of America. In my view, the reform will help to reduce the costs of accessing health care to the people. Reports have shown that millions of American are unable to access the health services due to extraordinary costs that are required by the health insurance, the public insurance services can also be cut even one becomes extremely sick leaving them to finance their health care by other means.
The health care reforms are based on principles that ensure quality health care facilities which are accessible to every citizen. The health care reforms basically regulate the private insurance system for the interest of the citizens. According to the president, the reforms will remove obstacles which exclude people from receiving medical care if they had a pre-existing condition which is the case in public insurance system (Obamacare, 2013). This wi...