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It would have created a voluntary and public long-term care insurance option for employees. [27] [28] In October 2011 the administration announced it was unworkable and would be dropped. [29] The CLASS Act was repealed January 1, 2013. [30] The launch for both the state and federal exchanges was troubled due to management and technical failings.
Threats were made against members of Congress over the course of the debate. [169] In September 2009 Obama delivered another speech to a joint session of Congress supporting the negotiations. [170] On November 7, the House of Representatives passed the Affordable Health Care for America Act on a 220–215 vote and forwarded it to the Senate for ...
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 ...
So here's a look at 10 of Obama's greatest accomplishments: 1. The Affordable Care Act or Obamacare is considered to be his greatest domestic achievement. ... Chrysler and GM have created 250,000 ...
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has made the most of a good year by gaining more than 20% since January kicked off. Health care's been a mixed bag on the Dow's board this year, but America's ...
It might be hard to believe, but today marks the two-month anniversary of Obamacare's state and federally run health exchanges going live -- and what a two months it's been! Source: White House on ...
Gallup estimated in July 2014 that the uninsured rate for adults (persons 18 years of age and over) was 13.4% as of Q2 2014, down from 18.0% in Q3 2013 when the health insurance exchanges created under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA or "Obamacare") first opened. The uninsured rate fell across nearly all demographic groups.
The American Association of Colleges of Nurses cited studies estimating that a shortage of registered nurses would reach 230,000 by 2025 as America ages, with over 135,000 open positions during 2007. An additional 30% more nurses would have to graduate annually to keep up with demand.