Evaluation of Affordable Care Act | Assignment

RUNNING HEAD: EVALUATION OF AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
Evaluation of Affordable Care Act
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Evaluation of Affordable Care Act1
The Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) is an initiative introduced by the government
of the United States of America, where comprehensive laws concerning about the healthcare
was enacted. It happened in the year of 2010 and came to be known as PPACA or ACA. The
three clauses or goals for the Affordable Care Act are:
a. Making health insurance affordable so that more number of people can avail it. It also
says that the law gives subsidies to its consumers that are the premium credits of tax,
mentioning lower the expenditure of incomes in household ranging from one hundred
percent to four hundred percent depending on the federal level of poverty.
b. The expansion of medical program that will help covering almost all the adults that
have range of income below one hundred and thirty eight person of poverty in federal
level.
c. Supporting the innovative methods of delivery in medical care that is destined to
decrease the range of health care on a general level.
This was introduced under president Barrack Obama and named as Obama care. The
Affordable health care act largely commissions the structure that already exists in
Medicaid, Medicare and the Employer market but those were overhauled radically around
a program that is three legged. A survey was conducted in a locality where several
questions were asked related to the Affordable Health Care Act and how it has helped the
people in their welfare (Frean, Gruber & Sommers, 2017).
Most of the interviewers are aged from 20 to 45. After undertaking the survey, it has been
found that the Affordable Health Care has benefited the audience in a large number. The
cost of treatments and medical health care is kept very less so that more number of people
can avail it. Whether one is rich or poor that is not the concern anymore. Any person can
avail it due to the minimum cost. It has helped mostly the students because they already