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What should be added to the ACA?
Expanding Access to Health Coverage for Moderate-Income Americans. Fix the Family Glitch.
What elements of the ACA have the potential to improve quality?
To improve health care quality, the ACA mandates several initiatives:
- A national quality strategy,
- Increased reliance on value-based purchasing,
- Expansion of meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs),
- Better care coordination,
- Development of quality measures for Medicaid and Medicare, and.
Did the Affordable Care Act help?
Conclusion. The ACA has helped millions of Americans gain insurance coverage, saved thousands of lives, and strengthened the health care system. The law has been life-changing for people who were previously uninsured, have lower incomes, or have preexisting conditions, among other groups.
How does the ACA improve the quality of health care?
Since then, the law has transformed the American health care system by expanding health coverage to 20 million Americans and saving thousands of lives. The ACA codified protections for people with preexisting conditions and eliminated patient cost sharing for high-value preventive services.
How is the Affordable Care Act (ACA) improving health?
The ACA is improving health both for people who would otherwise not have had health insurance and for people who are already insured. By expanding coverage, the ACA will expand access to needed medical care. Greater access to care as a result of being insured has been shown to reduce mortality,…
What is the Affordable Care Act of 2010?
The comprehensive health care reform law enacted in March 2010 (sometimes known as ACA, PPACA, or “Obamacare”). Make affordable health insurance available to more people. The law provides consumers with subsidies (“premium tax credits”) that lower costs for households with incomes between 100\% and 400\%…
Should the government offer a public option for health care?
Some seeking the nomination see a public option as an initial step towards a Medicare for All-type overhaul. But others say the best way to extend coverage to more Americans is to offer a public plan and also increase federal subsidies for Affordable Care Act policies.
What does the Affordable Care Act mean for preventive services?
For Americans who had coverage before the ACA, the ACA guarantees access to preventive services recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force without cost-sharing, services that have been proven to improve health and save lives.