Persuasive Essay On Obama Care

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, was a law signed by President Obama in March 2010. According to the United States Health and Human Services website, "This Act puts individuals, families and small business owners in control of their health care. It reduces premium costs for millions of working families and small businesses by providing hundreds of billions of dollars in tax relief – the largest middle-class tax cut for health care in history. It also reduces what families will have to pay for health care by capping out-of-pocket expenses and requiring preventive care to be fully covered without any out-of-pocket expense... It keeps insurance companies honest by setting clear rules that rein in the worst

I work at a large hospital in the Northern Virginia area that has gone through many changes related to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. In the last years, several changes have been implemented to suit the HCAHPS survey data. From a nursing perspective I think like anything new is always hard to get used to, however I have seen people in my hospital accept the new changes and we are moving forward in trying to implement these health care changes safely and continuing to provide top quality care. I like to believe that with all these new changes we are creating a more positive outcome by educating our patients. Educating patients has always been part of nursing however; it is now linked to a monetary incentive instead. We are creating more patient-centered relationships among nurses,

Positive impact because this law gave many people with pre-existing health conditions the opportunity to get health coverage to manage their conditions without the worry of been denied and parents were able to keep their children on their health insurance plans up to age 26. Negative impact because if you remained without insurance, you were "fined" at the end of the year. Some procedures and/or prescriptions were still found to not be covered by certain insurances, eventually leaving people to come out of pocket if they could afford to. Healthcare costs continue to rise, access to care is still limited for some, and safety is an ongoing concern. (CCN,