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In the article, Obama reviews the effects of his signature health care reform law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, widely known as "Obamacare". He concludes that since the law took effect, 20 million more Americans have gained health insurance under it, and the uninsurance rate has dropped to 9.1% (as of 2015). [8]
A 2017 study found that the ACA reduced socioeconomic disparities in health care access. [206] The Affordable Care Act reduced the percent of Americans between 18 and 64 who were uninsured from 22.3 percent in 2010 to 12.4 percent in 2016. About 21 million more people have coverage ten years after the enactment of the ACA.
English: From the introduction, "The report draws attention to the importance of health care delivery system reform and highlights the best practices of innovative models currently being used across the United States. This report also is an exercise in congressional oversight, tracking and evaluating the implementation of the delivery system ...
(The Center Square) – An Ohio policy group believes expanding medical providers, reducing fraud and increasing competition can make health care more affordable for Ohioans. The Buckeye Institute ...
In the U.S., having health insurance is necessary, but not sufficient to ensure access to affordable medical care. While the U.S. lacks a universal health care system like those that exist in most ...
There were a number of different health care reforms proposed during the Obama administration.Key reforms address cost and coverage and include obesity, prevention and treatment of chronic conditions, defensive medicine or tort reform, incentives that reward more care instead of better care, redundant payment systems, tax policy, rationing, a shortage of doctors and nurses, intervention vs ...
On November 7, 2009, the House passed their version of a health insurance reform bill, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, 220–215, but this did not become law. On December 24, 2009, the Senate passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. [119] [120] President Obama signed this into law in March 2010.
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), (H.R. 2, Pub. L. 114–10 (text)) commonly called the Permanent Doc Fix, is a United States statute. Revising the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, the Bipartisan Act was the largest scale change to the American health care system following the Affordable Care Act in 2010. [1]