Question

Case Study:

Professor Sandra Vasquez is a health education professor employed by a state university. The local newspaper wants to interview her about the Affordable Care Act's prevention components, including how the act may enhance the health of their newspaper's readers. The newspaper reporter also wants her to talk about previous governmental initiatives designed to prevent disease and improve the public's health. In preparation for the interview, Professor Vasquez wants to develop an outline of important points she would like to make. Your task, as Professor Vasquez's graduate assistant, is to develop the first draft of these important points. ( need help creating an outline of important points)

Answer 1

Affordable Care Act : Key points :

• Affordable Care Act is also called as The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act , which is also combinely called as Obama Care.
• This was enacted by 111 th United States Congress
• This Act was signed by Barack Obama on 23rd March 2010
• Many new provisions were inserted in to the affordable care under title 42 of the United States code
• The structure of Medicare and Medicaid was largely retained.
• Provision of essential health benefits such as ambulatory services, maternity, new born care services, rehabilitation,preventive paediatrics and wellness centres etc.
• Improved health care delivery system.
• Prevention and screening for women through contraceptives, sterilization procedures, and reproductive education
• Preventive care through vaccinations, medical screening facilities such as colonoscopies, screening of diabetes mellitus, sexually transmitted diseases etc.
• This law provides care under four categories of bronze, silver , gold and platinum varying premium and out pocket costs.
• Insurers must spend 80 to 85 % of premium dollars on Health cost.
• All the risk management programmes also were covered in favouring insurers.
• Medicaid expansion and Medicare savings and taxes were reduced to the insurers.
• Children's insurance programme coverage was made simple with the Act.
• Hospital quality delivery systems were improved.