contradict the fact that a large part of the American population remains without health insurance. This means that average Americans, numbering in the millions, are finding it increasingly difficult to access health care of any kind. As a result, this disadvantage has led to the proliferation of diseases and deaths that could well be avoided. It might be better to ask why previous administrative regimes did not prioritize access to affordable health care, given that it constitutes the linchpin of well-being and, fundamentally, the backbone of an active and healthy nation. The answer should have been found sooner rather than later, but as it turned out, Americans had to settle for campaigning for this basic necessity, and in March 2010 their efforts were rewarded with the signing by President Barrack Obama of a law on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), better known as the Obama Care Act (White House, 2014). In summary, the PPACA Act, considered groundbreaking legislation, would extend comprehensive, low-cost, quality insurance coverage to many Americans. The purpose of this research paper is to discuss the advantages, disadvantages, and inherent effects of the Affordable Care Act in order to determine, based on current and past literature, whether or not the law should be subject to reform. .Summary of the PPACAA ActIn order to effectively understand, analyze, and present the arguments for and against the Affordable Care Act, it is of the utmost importance that we emphatically define and summarize the law, and whatever its contents. As stated by the Democratic Policy & Communications Center (2014), PC...... middle of paper ......cess. But neither side wants to talk about it. The Washington Post, 2014. Accessed March 13, 2014, from http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/01/06/medicaid-is-obamacares-biggest-success-but-neither-side -wants-to-talk-about-it/Medicareadvocay.org. Implementation timeline reflecting the Affordable Care Act. Mediaadvocay.org, Nd. Accessed March 13, 2014, from http://www.medicareadvocacy.org/InfoByTopic/Reform/10_04.21.WhiteHouseReformTimeline.pdf Rosenbaum, S. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Implications for Public Health Policy and Practical. US National Library of Medicine, 2011. Accessed March 13, 2014, from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3001814/The White House. Health care reform. White House, 2014. Accessed March 13, 2014, from http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/2011_erp

Essay / contradict the fact that a large part of the American population remains without health insurance. This means that average Americans, numbering in the millions, are finding it increasingly difficult to access health care of any kind. As a result, this disadvantage has led to the proliferation of diseases and deaths that could well be avoided. It might be better to ask why previous administrative regimes did not prioritize access to affordable health care, given that it constitutes the linchpin of well-being and, fundamentally, the backbone of an active and healthy nation. The answer should have been found sooner rather than later, but as it turned out, Americans had to settle for campaigning for this basic necessity, and in March 2010 their efforts were rewarded with the signing by President Barrack Obama of a law on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), better known as the Obama Care Act (White House, 2014). In summary, the PPACA Act, considered groundbreaking legislation, would extend comprehensive, low-cost, quality insurance coverage to many Americans. The purpose of this research paper is to discuss the advantages, disadvantages, and inherent effects of the Affordable Care Act in order to determine, based on current and past literature, whether or not the law should be subject to reform. .Summary of the PPACAA ActIn order to effectively understand, analyze, and present the arguments for and against the Affordable Care Act, it is of the utmost importance that we emphatically define and summarize the law, and whatever its contents. As stated by the Democratic Policy & Communications Center (2014), PC...... middle of paper ......cess. But neither side wants to talk about it. The Washington Post, 2014. Accessed March 13, 2014, from http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/01/06/medicaid-is-obamacares-biggest-success-but-neither-side -wants-to-talk-about-it/Medicareadvocay.org. Implementation timeline reflecting the Affordable Care Act. Mediaadvocay.org, Nd. Accessed March 13, 2014, from http://www.medicareadvocacy.org/InfoByTopic/Reform/10_04.21.WhiteHouseReformTimeline.pdf Rosenbaum, S. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Implications for Public Health Policy and Practical. US National Library of Medicine, 2011. Accessed March 13, 2014, from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3001814/The White House. Health care reform. White House, 2014. Accessed March 13, 2014, from http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/2011_erp_chapter5.pdf

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