Affordable Care Act

Reflect on whether you oppose or support the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Consider the nursing professional’s position as a caregiver and/or the healthcare leader as an administrator. Explore two significant components of the ACA that could potentially impact specific populations unjustly. Appraise the current political climate as it relates to repealing and replacing the ACA. For this weeks’ discussion, identify at least two reasons for keeping the ACA and at least two reasons that it should be repealed, replaced, or revised. Provide rationale for each. Words not less than 400 words.

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The ACA has components that negatively impact some populations. One of the groups that are treated unjustly by the act is low-income earners.  ACA requires every individual to have health insurance, failure to which they must pay fines. Low-income earners who cannot raise the amount of acquiring a plan that matches their health needs end up being disadvantaged (Finkelstein, Hendren, & Shepard, 2019). It is because the health conditions of low-income earners mar require a health insurance plan that is beyond their financial ability. People with pre-existing conditions are also treated unjustly by the ACA. It is because ACA has led to a wide range of benefits for this group of people being provided by insurance companies at high premiums. As a result, people with pre-existing health conditions end up paying more to receive essential health insurance benefits.

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Affordable Care Act