Currently, in the Obama administration, several acts have been passed to overhaul the healthcare system today. President Obama has also put healthcare reform as his top domestic priority. Both administrations, past and current, have attempted to enact several different policies in terms of healthcare reform; this essay seeks to examine the differences and similarities between the two while analyzing the social, economic, and political environments for the times the policies were discussed and/or implemented. Due to the increasing numbers of the population without healthcare, this problem continues to be an intense area of debate. According to author Michelle Andrews, healthcare remains a top domestic issue…but the candidates are focusing on major reform, and, when referring to healthcare reform, they generally focus on two primary areas: accessibility and affordability (Andrews, p.32).
Policy-Making in the Federal System Rona Harris POL 201 Instructor: Roger Pao June 3, 2013 Policy-Making in the Federal System The expression federalism itself exemplifies the concept of collective although separate powers. In a federal system national and local governments obtain power from the citizens (Levin-Waldman, 2012, p. 66). The guidelines affirm actions federal and local state governments must consider to impose legislation upon its citizens. The Affordable Health Care for America Act (Obama-care) passed and signed into law in 2010. However, considered by its opponents as unconstitutional, the Supreme Court intervened and in a five to four decision upheld the health care law as constitutional in 2012.
Health Policy Determinants Timeline HCS/550 October 12, 2014 Health Policy Determinants Timeline American’s have recognized the US health care system as broken and fragmented. With an estimated 48 million uninsured people and approximately $2.5 trillion spent on health care yearly, reform was overdue. The concept of health care reform was not new. New legislation had been attempted without success. “During the 2008 US presidential election, then-candidate Barack Obama (US Senator, D-IL) campaigned for the need to reform the American health care system, stating that the cost of health care was a threat to our economy and that health care should be a right for every American”("History of the," 2011).
CMS and the Evolution of Health Care Delivery Outline HCS/ 531 Deborah Vaughn December 21, 2013 CMS and the Evolution of Health Care Outline Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) I. Introduction. The evolution of health care systems is changing rapidly, so for organizations to keep up, the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has provided tools to assist health care providers and organizations with the federal government and state government to administer Medicare and Medicaid to the community. The CMS has established standards that both the federal and state governments must adhere by. The position of CMS administrator is appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate.
Discrimination within the healthcare system towards minorities has been notable for quite some time. In 2000, President Clinton signed a bill into law which helps to track the health issues and access problems by minorities (Modern Healthcare 4). Multiple studies have been conducted over several years in such a wide range of areas to streamline the disparities within the doctor’s offices, hospitals, or any other contact with medical personnel. These areas include: “…the delivery of health care services, the prevention of disease, the promotion of positive health behavior, appropriate approaches for reducing the barriers to accessing preventive health services (including specific disease related screening programs), and the best methods for providing state-of-the-art treatment to underserved populations” (Mason 1). As stated in a Health Services Research editorial, A key component common to each of these efforts seeks to target reducing disparities and promoting equity in health care, with a central focus on the systematic
A Nation Divided: The Affordable Care Act of 2010 “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of controversy.” -Nancy Pelosi at the 2010 legislative conference of the American Association of Counties (Holt, 2010) Making good on a 2007 campaign promise to bring about fundamental change, on March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed perhaps the most controversial health reform law in American history, the brain child of then Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA), also deemed “Obamacare.” The law is designed to put all Americans under a single-payer or a universal health care
TERM PAPER ON THE FUTURE OF OBAMACARE DIVIJA TAKKALAPELLY IDNO- 2452854 ABSTRACT Indeed the official name for "Obama Care" is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). It is also commonly referred to as Obama care, health care reform, or the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Moreover the Affordable Care Act was signed into law to reform the health care industry by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010 and upheld by the Supreme Court on June 28, 2012. Furthermore Obama Care's goal is to give more Americans access to affordable, quality health insurance, and to reduce the growth in health care spending in the U.S through consumer protections, regulations,
Franklin D. Roosevelt: Road to the Presidency 6/10/10 Third hour Franklin Delano Roosevelt was responsible for the largest drop in the U.S. unemployment rate ever going from twenty-three percent in 1932, the year Roosevelt took office, to one percent in 1944, the year he died. This statistic illustrates the effects and the importance Roosevelt was to America. Roosevelt would have a long road to the presidency starting from his birth until his inauguration at the age of fifty-one. Childhood and Young Adult Life Franklin Roosevelt had an interesting lifestyle during his childhood. His childhood was extremely privileged, and Roosevelt was given opportunities many people did not have during their childhoods.
Liz Dombecki The War Room (1993) Rating: 4 The War Room is a documentary that analyzes the 1992 presidential race between Democrat Bill Clinton and Republican President George H.W Bush. Examining the emotional, mental, and moral aspects of politics, D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hedgus' provided a behind-the-scenes look at the day to day operations of Bill Clinton’s campaign staff. The documentary emphasizes the importance of Clinton’s “War Room,” a team of people who are in charge of crucial aspects of the campaign including transportation, strategy, media, and communication. The two people at the forefront of Clinton's campaign are James Carville, a combative strategist, and George Stephanopoulos, the director of exposure.
The rising number of individuals without health insurance has been one of the most pressing issues at the state and federal level for many years. The U.S. has an estimated 50.2 million citizens without insurance coverage and the highest healthcare costs relative to the size of the economy in the world (The White House, 2011). With the 2008 election, presidential candidate Barack Obama focused on the need for American health care reform. President Obama assumed office in January 2009 and wasted no time urging Congress to pass his health reform proposal, the Affordable Care Act. The proposed Affordable Care Act was expected to provide health security for all Americans by reforming health insurance policies.