Health Care Debate

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America’s Health Care Debate Dwight D. Bennett Sr. Saint Leo University ABSTRACT The passage of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) in the United States put the issues of health care reform and health care costs back in the national spotlight. The United States Census Bureau, in addition to the Congressional Budget Office are non-partisan government departments that provide citizens of The United States ample independent data of which they may educate themselves with factual data, to assist in making informed decisions about their future. The Congressional Budget Office previously estimated that the cost of a family health insurance premium would equal the median household income by the year 2025 [ (Carmen DeNavas-Walt, 2012) ]. A slowdown in…show more content…
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