Public Option Week 5 Team Assignment Final .docx MHA/505 Affordable Care Act

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Public Option Week 5 Team Assignment Final .docx MHA/505 Affordable Care Act Public Option “ Ages 55 to 64 University of Phoenix Systems Thinking in Health Care Environments MHA/505 ... Introduction The Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the discussion of the public option for individuals age 55 to 64 is a subject that has a mirage of questions to go along with the debate. Such as what are the benefits? or what are the costs?™ and the list goes on. This option brings Medicare into the picture for purchase for those individuals 10 years before the actual benefit is being allowed at this time. Does it make good sense? Can we sustain another burden of costs that will affect our already stretched thin health care system? The public option can be a life changing thing for those that struggle for health care coverage. This age bracket can at times be the lost ones in the health care market due to aging out of a profession, becoming ill and losing a job, or in general have no company option for health care coverage. We will look at the public option and see what works and what does not in our current health care market. Public Option Since the induction of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), there has been dispute about Public Option being included. Public Option can be viewed as a settlement between the single- payer system and our current system. The proposal would allow those considered as middle-class working adults to have a choice of Insurance plans in lieu of paying for private insurance. Some proposal alternatives would give i. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . [Show More]

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