Back on March 30, 2010 president Barrack Obama signed The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) since it had been approved by the house on March 21, 2010. ... (Patient Protection and Affordable Care 2010 available online) The Patient Protection and Affordable Care will be implemented next years. ... (Patient Protection and Affordable Care 2010 available online) The industrial companies are given a 12 year period after in which the generic drugs should be presented to the market. ... (Patient Protection and Affordable Care 2010 available online) it was affected in June 21, 2010 an...

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This Bill was called "Obamacare," ( The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act). ... The law additionally goes for growing private and open protection coverage, and, controlling the protection business. ... He also clarifies the advantages and benefits of the Affordable Care Act, he illuminates on the advantages the Act conveys to the United States, for example, reasonable medicinal services to low salary individuals, changes to the Healthcare Industry to cut inefficient spending, and the opening for work the Act will supply; on the other hand, the Affordable Care Act demonstrates vague...

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The health care reform debate between 2008 and 2010 led to the passage of Patient Protection and Affordable Act, was reminiscent of opportunities for reform that have occurred on a cyclical basis throughout American history. ... (Rich, Cheung, Lurvey, 81) Signed under the title of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the law included multiple provisions that would take effect over a matter of years, including the expansion of Medicaid eligibility, the establishment of health insurance exchanges and prohibiting health insurers from denying coverage due to pre-existing conditions. .....

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is one of the most substantial reforms in Medicare; it's now considered the "law of the land," according to Douglas Holtz-Eaton. ... April 12, 2006, Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney signed the Massachusetts Healthcare Reform Act into law. ...

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This was all happening before president Obama designed The Affordable Care Act. ... Obama's Affordable Care Act saves lives. ... March 23, 2010 was considered a historical event; this was the day president Obama signed what is considered to be the very first United comprehensive health care reform bill, also known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Connors and Gostin, 2010, p. 2522). ... Connors and Gostin stated that that The Affordable Care Act was the first act of its kind to have such a great impact on saving people's lives. ... This could be true but the benef...

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As result of enforcement of Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010. ... Affordable Care Act: This is the hallmark legislation (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) which was signed in March 2010. The general public is still not well informed about the specific provisions of the act in view of its rhetoric and complexity. ... The Affordable Care Act creates these new marketplaces which the physicians have to choose from. ... The patient-centered medical homes are supported by the Act, which can be compared to Britain's health care system. ...

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In the month of March, during the year of 2010, the Health Care Reform Act was signed into law via the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. ... This act does not force or demand anyone to change his or her insurance program in any way. ... The Act mandates the power to coordinate this funding and action to The Secretary. Overall, this is one of the most important aspects of The Act. ... The fifth part of The Act focuses on the experts within the Healthcare industry. ...

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The topic of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has been a very popular discussion in businesses and homes throughout America. There is a varying opinion about whether or not this act will have a positive or negative effect. ... There are many different opinions about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as Obamacare. ...

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) commonly known as "The Affordable Care Act" (ACA) or "Obama Care," is a United States federal statute signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. ... This in fact, nestled within the individual mandate in the Act, the portion requiring every American to purchase government – approved insurance or pay a penalty, is an abortion premium mandate. ... Jody Ward, a pro-life activist, expressed disappointment in the court's ruling on the Affordable Care Act including the requirement that Americans buy health insurance ...

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Increasing costs in the healthcare industry are necessitating the development of more streamlined systems involving electronic records, which in turn, makes the protection of individual patient records and other electronic information a major concern and is the reason for the implementation of the HITECH Act. ... The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act The HITECH Act was enacted under Title XIII of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 to improve American health care delivery and patient care through an unprecedented investment in HI...

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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and Electronic Privacy and Security With the enactment of the Health Insurance Portability and Procurement Act (HIPAA) in 1996, many issues surrounding the electronic privacy and security of protected health information have come under scrutiny. ... "The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-191), often referred to as "HIPAA" or the "Kennedy/Kassebaum" law after its lead cosponsors, Senators Nancy Landon Kassebaum and Edward Kennedy, was passed by Congress and signed by President Clinton in August, 1996." ......

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Data protection Act 1988 is an example of an Act that controls personal information used by organisations, businesses or the government. (Gov.uk, 2016) Data protection Act affects the way we communicate to service users, every health care worker is responsible to follow rules set by data protection. ... As a health worker we need to promote good practise such as protecting patient information, treating them with respect is a fundamental aspect of health and social care and if dignity and privacy are respected, it shows protection of human rights is achieved. ... Health care workers have to be...

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The Affordable Care Act has been called one of the most important pieces of health-related legislation to ever been signed into law throughout U.S. history. ... The Affordable Care Act also provided a means of protection when it comes to arbitrary withdrawals of insurance coverage. ... Beginning in 2014, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provided an expansion of Medicaid to nearly all individuals with an income up to 133% of the federal poverty level (FPL). ...

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Despite such skepticism, President Obama based on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 expects hospitals and physicians to do their part in facilitating a nationwide interoperable Electronic Health Information Network by 2015 (Rashbaum, 2011). ... Indeed, data security and protection are crucial but research shows that nearly 75% of hospitals reported inadequate resources for protecting data and over 50% said they had no confidence in preventing potential data breaches (Roy & Watkins, 2011). ... The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH)...

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Introduction Companies who employ large numbers of workers, whether those employees are covered by union representation or the business resides in a "right to work" state, must comply with federal statutes relating to the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (PPACA). ... This paper will present the issues surrounding continued health care coverage for employees at GMFC, a review of the new regulations covered by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the union's (Local 384) position towards any changes to the present level of health care coverage. ... Patient ...

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These workers lack access to social services, healthcare and have little protection from labor laws, even though they are a critical component to providing healthy food. ... The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that ,"300,000 farmworkers suffer acute pesticide poisoning each year" (Hanson, Donohoe 5). ... It is also really difficult for workers to get to health clinics, "The migrant health care system of approximately 400 federally authorized clinic sites (funded under the Public Health Service Act) reaches only 12 to 15 percent of the migrant population annually" ...

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ( HIPAA) to provide the first comprehensive Federal protection for the privacy of personal health information. ... So a key part of the act also increased and standardized confidentiality and security of health data. ... HIPPA is the most far reaching legislative act passed since ERISA. ... HIPPA is a very important act, and must be followed very strictly to ensure that a patients info...

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The great controversy with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act lies with this mandate. ... The government is saying that the federal government has a duty to tell the individual citizen that it must act, and that is different from what we have in previous cases and that changes the relationship of the federal government to the individual in the very fundamental way" (ABC Local 7). ...

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In California, the End of Life Option Act (ELOA), which would allow an individual who meets certain requirements, and is diagnosed with a terminal illness by their attending physician, to choose to request a prescription medication intended to prematurely end their life, should be passed (California, State Department of Public Health). ... However, in the ELOA bill proposed in California, as well as the laws already passed in other states, there are strong protections for the patients built into the laws. ... Oregon was the first state to legalize their own Death with Dignity Act (DWDA) in 19...

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Still, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) also known as ObamaCare has been one of the most controversial topics of our time. In order to understand why this is such a controversial topic we must understand exactly what this act means to the people. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) states that with limited exceptions, every resident of the United States must have health insurance that must meets certain basic requirements. ... Prior to the Act only certain people would be able to receive affordable health care: people who worked for companies that provi...

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Protection of society is another essential service that governments should provide and the larger the role the government plays in protecting society, in turn, the safer society will be. Privatizing protection (i.e. water testing) places too much social responsibility on a private company interested in profits. ... Education, health care, and protection are areas were governments should play great roles and governments need to escape from increasing privatization because it does not act in the best interests of society but instead are more suitable for those who can...

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According to the section three of 'Children Act' (1989), which is "parental responsibility", indicates that rights, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority of a child belongs to the parents. ... Moreover, according to the "Family law reform act" (1969) section (8) it indicates that a minor cannot be granted the autonomy of consent for any medical procedure. This suggests that a registered nurse could carried out a treatment without consent from the minor in an emergency situation or in accordance with Mental 'Health Act' (1983) once it is of her...

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Congress had a rational basis for concluding that the minimum coverage provision is essential to the Affordable Care Act's larger reforms to the national markets in health care delivery and health insurance" (Biskupic). ... Most legal experts and other litigants involved in healthcare lawsuits predict that the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that Obama signed last year will be determined in the U.S. ...

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Obama's Affordable Healthcare Act reform began on August 1, 2012, reigniting the uproar from religious institutions. ... The ventilation and air-conditioning business argues that their rights given by the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the First Amendment's protection of religious freedom were violated. ... Judge Kane's ruling was based on the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, that states that any "substantial burden" placed on religious beliefs having a "compelling government interest" and be the "least restrictive means" of advancing that interest. ... Mitt...

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Beneath the introduction is a list of policy advances that the government has made, as well as needed policy changes, such as ending the Racial Profiling Act and implementing the Violence Against Women Act's nondiscrimination provisions.3 The author targets the directed audience by formatting their report in a clear and precise way, which is necessary because, with policy reform, it's important that to be clear with what changes need to be made. ... While laws such as the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) have prohibited se...

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