University Discussion: Affordable Healthcare Act Repeal and Analysis

This assignment focuses on a discussion concerning the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and its potential repeal, examining the benefits and economic considerations involved. The student's work begins with an introduction outlining the core issues and then delves into the potential advantages of repealing the ACA, particularly for private insurance companies and employers, while also considering the impact of legislator re-election on these decisions. The assignment analyzes the political implications and the cost-benefit analyses that legislators undertake when considering changes to the ACA. In the student's response to the discussion, they emphasize the importance of considering the impact of ACA repeal or reform on vulnerable populations, advocating for federal reforms to ensure affordable healthcare resources. The second student's response further suggests that enhancing the quality and quantity of the public health workforce is essential to reduce prevalent healthcare disparities. The student underscores the need to redirect federal funds towards recruitment, training, and capacity-building within the public health workforce, particularly in rural and remote areas. The assignment highlights the importance of analyzing the ACA repeal and reform to make informed decisions. The assignment is contributed to Desklib, a platform providing AI-based study tools for students.

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AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE ACT: REPEALING AND DISCUSSION
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Part 1
Introduction
The following sections will briefly outline on the key benefits and economic
considerations with respect to repeal of the ACA.
Discussion
Benefits of ACA Repeal
It is well known that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), was
developed and implemented for the purpose of ensuring equitable, affordable and quality
healthcare coverage for all citizens of the United States (US). If repealed without any form of
replacement, it is likely that private insurance companies will receive the highest benefits. The
abolishment of federal healthcare insurance benefits will administer private insurance companies
to liberally execute unrealistically discriminatory coverage healthcare coverage at exorbitant
prices (Kurtz & Fortune, 2017). Additionally, repealing the ACA will also benefit private
employers providing insurance and health coverage plans since it is likely that they will charge
expensive employee premiums on grounds of providing additional facilities and activities at the
workplace for the purpose of improving the health quality of their employees (Karaca-Mandic,
Jena & Ross, 2017).
Legislator Re-election
The Republicans are largely in favor of economic policies of the liberal and free market
type. Thus, it is likely that Republican legislators will engage in cost benefit analysis and
resultant decisions to repeal the ACA in the form of evaluating its impact on the deregulation of
the healthcare insurance market as well as the enhanced ability of private insurance companies to

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liberally practice its economic policies with regards to charging healthcare premiums (Kurtz &
Fortune, 2017). Thus, with this respect, if vote analysis reveals greater votes for a Republican
legislator, then the same is indicative of the public’s interest towards reverting to private and
more liberal coverage plans devoid of individual mandate-based taxes. Such analyses are likely
to influence future decisions to repeal or reform the plan (Quadagno & Lanford, 2019).
Conclusion
To conclude, efforts and votes to repeal the ACA must be analyzed and used to address
careful considerations with regards to its future repeal or reform.

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References
Karaca-Mandic, P., Jena, A. B., & Ross, J. S. (2017). Health and health care use among
individuals at risk to lose health insurance with repeal of the Affordable Care Act. JAMA
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Kurtz, R. P., & Fortune, L. D. (2017). Implications of ACA repeal: effects on integrative
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http://dx.doi.org/10.24966/ACIM-7562/100029.
Quadagno, J., & Lanford, D. (2019). The Obama Health Care Legacy: The Origins,
Implementation, and Effort to Repeal the Affordable Care Act of 2010. In Looking Back
on President Barack Obama’s Legacy (pp. 69-92). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. doi:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01545-9_4 .

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Part 2
First Student’s Post
In congruence of this viewpoint, indeed, there is no denial of the statement that one of the
major aims of legislators is to again be re-elected by the public. Thus, to ensure the same,
considering the impacts of ACA repeal or reform upon the public, is of utmost importance if a
legislator wishes to be re-elected for the purpose of gaining powers to modify existing laws. It is
worthwhile to remember that the US is home to a mixed economy – comprising of a significant
majority of the population residing either in poverty or suffering from economic hardships
(Keim-Malpass & Lindley, 2017). Thus, repealing or unplanned modifications to the ACA is
likely to deplete essential affordable healthcare resources for such vulnerable groups, which in
turn, will inflict multifaceted impacts in the form of increased healthcare disparities, negative
population health outcomes and increased rate of healthcare organizational losses with respect to
higher patient influx in hospital trauma and emergency units. Thus, to ensure successful re-
election, it is imperative for legislators to prioritize the public, especially with respect instilling
federal reform (Daly, 2017).
References
Daly, R. (2017). ACA repeal would cost hospitals $166 billion: report. Healthcare Financial
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Keim-Malpass, J., & Lindley, L. C. (2017). Repeal of the affordable care act will negatively
impact children at end of life. Pediatrics, 140(3), e20171134. doi:
https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2017-1134.

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Second Student’s Post
In addition to establishing regulations with respect to the pricing of medications, I also
believe that enhancing quality and quantity of the public health workforce is also essential to
reduce prevalent healthcare disparities in the US. The policy of universal healthcare would be
ineffective if, as a result of poor funding, a single healthcare professional is recruited to address
healthcare needs of some hundred patients within a remotely locate healthcare center (Salisbury,
2016). Such discrepancies pave the way for reduced healthcare quality, prolonged waiting times
and decreased motivation to work across the health workforce, thus resulting in healthcare
disparities. Thus, in lieu of reforming, repealing or even keeping the ACA as it is, I believe that
with accessible healthcare coverage, there is a need to redirect federal funds towards recruitment,
training and enhancing the capacity of the public health workforce especially with respect to
rural or remote area where the poor and minority populations are the hardest hit (Glied &
Jackson, 2017).
References
Glied, S., & Jackson, A. (2017). The future of the Affordable Care Act and insurance
coverage. American journal of public health, 107(4), 538-540. Retrieved from:
https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.2017.303665.
Salisbury, S. M. (2016). Why Health Care Should Be Universal: Using the Principles of Public
Welfare Economics to Make a Case for Universal Health Care Coverage. IU South Bend
Undergraduate Research Journal, 16, 57-67. Retrieved from:
https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/iusburj/article/view/22187/28131.