What are the key components of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the impact of the ongoing legal implementation issues on public health?
1)Reforming private health insurance market
2)extending insurance coverage to uninsured.
3)better coverage for those with pre-existing condition
4)improve prescription drug coverage in medicare
5) extend the life to the medicare trust fund
6)to place accountability to insurance comapnies
7)allow consumers to have control of their health care
8) to improve information security
Impact by the ongoing legal implementation is that it has decreased the probability of not receiving medical care by between 20.9 percent and 25 per cent. Gaining insurance coverage also increased the probability of having a usual place of care by between 47.1 percent and 86.5 percent. ACA decreased the number of uninsured Americans but has substantially improved access to care for those who gained coverage.
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