affordable care act

four main problems of health care system

cost of care, access to coverage and care, quality and accountability, racial and economic disparities

affordable care act

primarily focuses on fixing insurance coverage and access to care

four main problems of health care system

cost of care, access to coverage and care, quality and accountability, racial and economic disparities

affordable care act

primarily focuses on fixing insurance coverage and access to care

pre-ACA, the following groups faced barriers to insurance

young adults, people with pre-existing conditions, childless adults, very sick individuals

groups excluded from health insurance mandate

financial hardship, those who don’t pay social security for religious reasons, indian tribes, undocumented immigrants, uninsured for period of less than 3 mos

evidence-based preventive services covered by insurance plans

immunizations, smoking cessation counseling, cancer screening

National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius (2012)

individual mandate is allowable. medicaid expansion provision is unconstitutional; allowed states to choose whether they wanted to expand

King v. Burwell (2015)

ppl were eligible for subsidies and tax credits whether they used state or federal exchange