For many decades’ middle and lower class Americans have struggled to get the proper assistance needed to help them better their health. So many Americans had to choose whether to feed their family or go to the doctor due to illness and very often family was the priority. This choice wasn’t because they didn’t need the medical care it was due to the lack of healthcare opportunities within the community and the low income within the household, but thanks to the Affordable Care Act we as U.S. citizens no longer have to choose whether or not to eat or get medical attention; we can now do both.
What is the Affordable Care Act? The Affordable Care Act is the new health care reform law in America and is often known as Obama care (“Affordable Care Act Summary,” n.d.). The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is made up of the Affordable Health Care for America Act, the Patient Protection Act, and the health care related sections of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act and the Student Aid Fiscal Responsibility Act (“Affordable Care Act Summary,” n.d.). The Affordable Care Act attempts to reform the system by providing more Americans with
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This law allows nursing students to go through school and not worry so much about the debt after the fact. The Affordable Care Act offers many resources, such as nursing student loans and nursing workforce loans to those that are seeking a master’s or doctoral degree (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc., 2010). Other options are access to long-term, low-interest loans and partial loan cancellation for nurses who choose to work in parts of the country where there’s a shortage of health care professionals (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc., 2010). The Affordable Care Act increases the amount students may borrow by almost 25%-to a maximum of $17,000-and awards it in annual increments (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.,