Health care transformation: The Affordable Care Act

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Please write a Paragraph answering to this discussion below with your opinion. Please include citations and references in alphabetical order in case of another source.

In March of 2010 the Affordable Care Act was enacted, this was designed to ensure that everyone had access to health care and more affordable health care. It original design was to realign and encourage collaboration between health and healthcare system (Public Health, n.d.). One of the initiatives was a Public Health Workforce Loan Repayment Program. This was to attempt to make sure that there were enough nurses to care for these patients. The incentive of having loan repayment would cost the participant three year commitment to public health agency, the Health & Human Service Department offers a repayment program (American Nurses Association, 2014).

With the scholarships and loan repayment programs, this encourages primary care providers, dentists, mental health care providers and nurses to commit to communities that are in need of their services. We are familiar with this with Native Health and is now bridging over to other public health offices.

As a nurse with a role in providing health care to the population they are able to support the long term care for these patients. Many of the patients that benefit from public health assistance are the mentally ill, the low income, mothers and babies, and the elderly. I have personally noticed an increase in the number of public health nurses and they are getting out into the community teaching and caring for the community.

Reference:

American Nurses Association. (2014). Health care transformation: The Affordable Care Act and more. Found at: www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCatagories.Policy-Advocacy/HealthSystemReform/AffordableCareAct.pdf.

What are the most important elements of the Affordable Care Act in relation to community and public health

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Please do a paragraph about this post with this instruction .

post most have  4 or more  sentences .

you also have to have a high quality post from a content perspective. This means it also needs to do more than agree with or praise a class mate. If you agree with a classmate, explain why, give an example, share what you learned in the readings

What are the most important elements of the Affordable Care Act in relation to community and public health? What is the role of the nurse in implementing this law?

In my opinion, I feel the most important elements to the community and public health are:

Ending the pre-existing clause, allowing people who have had disease in the past have coverage.  Having a big surgery or ongoing health issue can wipe out a family financially very quickly. Then what, no money, no insurance, no hope.

Ending the life-long limits, this goes with the above, we can’t stop treating someone because they went over the spending limit.

The Prevention and Public Health Fund that invests in keeping American health. It said $15 million started in 2010. This is in the form on community health centers to provide education, help and assistance to low income.  Although, education should be given to every patient, regardless of income status.

And of course providing insurance coverage to everyone, so no one has to be without health care.

By investing in our future with higher education we are helping with health care reform with improving the “supply and distribution” (ANA) There are grants available and loan forgiveness for those who qualify and want to become advanced practice nurses, nurse practitioners, mid-wives, etc.

Nurses also need to be aware of their role and scope of practice so they are better able to provide for their patients.

Nurses need to take an active role in their state to provide input with benchmarking, and governing boards. This helps determine regulation, and what is accessible to patients.  Nurses advocate for patients and their needs. This is in every realm of health care, from a clinic, to hospital all the way up to making laws and passing regulation at the state and national level.  Some law makers are only thinking money and nurses put the patient into the equation.

Nurses can also be a part of research to determine best practice, high quality care and patient safety for every patient without judgment.  Nurses, especially public health nurses are on the front lines of helping many navigate through getting the services they need. Nurses need to know what is available to them.

Communicable and infectious disease

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Research the historical figures below and their associated public health topic, their contribution to public health, and how their work helped shape the public health system. Furthermore, analyze how their contribution from the past continues to contribute to today’s public health system and how it might guide future work within the industry.

·  John Snow/Communicable and infectious disease

  • Describe your selected person’s biographical background (i.e. experience).
    • HELP: This can include resume elements such as birthdate, location, education, and brief statement of their contribution to public health. (Reminder: biographical information can be easily plagiarized. Please do not copy from your biographical websites. Paraphrase and/or quote and cite everything according to APA.)
    • ACTION: Research the individual’s background
    • GRADED ELEMENT: Describe your selected person’s biographical background (i.e. experience).HELP: This can include resume elements such as birthdate, location, education, and brief statement of their contribution to public health. (Reminder: biographical information can be easily plagiarized. Please do not copy from your biographical websites. Paraphrase and/or quote and cite everything according to APA.)
    • ACTION: Research the barriers and issue of the time
    • GRADED ELEMENT: Analyze the climate of the time period in terms of political, socioeconomic, environmental and technological context in which this person worked
    • HELP: Think about whether this person was up against resistance or was their work welcomed. [For example, if you were writing on Abraham Lincoln and the abolition of slavery, you would note that slavery was prevalent and accepted at the time and the change was welcomed by some and rejected by others]
    • GRADED ELEMENT: Examine the personal beliefs of your person that prompted this work.
    • HELP: You are basically addressing the question: “Why did this person get involved with the issue at the time?” [In continuing the Lincoln example above, you would note that black people were considered property, not people; yet Lincoln believed everyone had equal rights regardless of skin color].
    • ACTION: Think about how this person overcame the barriers and issues
    • GRADED ELEMENT: Examine how this individual overcame and/or confronted any adversities to succeed in his/her task
    • HELP: Questions to consider: What did the person specifically do? Did they have any allies? How did their actions succeed/fail?
    • ACTION: Think about the importance of the contribution to community/public health at the time
    • GRADED ELEMENT: Describe the final outcome of this individual’s contribution to community and/or public health
    • HELP: Think about this question: What occurred as a result of this person’s action?
    • GRADED ELEMENT: Explain what his/her contribution did for overall community and/or public health at the time
    • HELP: Think about this question: What was the purpose for the community and/or nation? [In the Lincoln example, the explanation would involve a national recognition of human rights of all people, regardless of skin color]
    • GRADED ELEMENT: Explain why this contribution was so important at that particular point in history
    • HELP: Think about this question: What made this important for our nation? [In the Lincoln example, you would answer the question: Why was it so important that Lincoln freed the slaves?]
    • Must be at least 6 pages in length (not including title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
    • Must include a separate title page with the following:
    • Title of paper
    • Students name
    • Course name and number
    • Instructor’s name
    • Date submitted
    • Must use at least six scholarly sources.
    • Must document all sources in APA style.
    • Must include a separate reference page that is formatted according to APA style.

 epidemiological and medical discipline

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Epidemiology and medicine plays a crucial role in the formation of public health policy. In fact, it could be argued that epidemiology and medicine is the most important and influential discipline, as it forces policymakers and advocacy groups to look past their own opinions and toward solutions grounded in scientific evidence. With people’s lives and the general welfare at stake, it is vital that evidence and information generated by this field is accurate, unbiased, and thoroughly tested.

In this Assignment, you analyze the epidemiological and medical evidence for one of the following case study topics: clean water legislation and mosquito control, obesity, breast cancer screening, or medical transportation.

To prepare for this case study analysis, review the case studies presented in this week’s Learning Resources and select one to further investigate for your case study analysis. Then, conduct research to locate at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed resources from the Walden Library that will further support your case study analysis.

By Day 7 of this week, submit a 2-page case study analysis that synthesizes the following:

  • Title page and Table of Contents.
  • Write the problem statement for the public health issue identified in the case study.
  • In one paragraph, provide background to the public health issue identified in the case study.
  • In one paragraph, provide an overview of current governmental policy associated with this public health issue.
  • From the perspective of the epidemiological and medical discipline, explain the following:
    • The appropriateness of the study design used to examine this public health issue.
    • How the epidemiological and medical results provides evidence for this public health issue.
    • The merits and limitations in identifying the social determinants of this public health issue.
  • In one paragraph, describe intervention(s) currently in place to address this public health issue.
  • In one paragraph, propose an alternative intervention to address this public health issue.
  • In one paragraph, conclude your analysis by summarizing the key points and takeaways.
  • APA reference page.

Bhattacharya, D. (2013). Public health policy: Issues, theories, and advocacy. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

  • Chapter 20, “Letters to the Editor: A Primer” (pp. 467–474)

Review the following case study options and select one to further investigate:

  • Chapter 7, “Clean Water Legislation and Mosquito Control” (pp. 201–212)
  • Chapter 10, “Overweight and Obesity” (pp. 265–284)
  • Chapter 11, “Breast Cancer Screening” (pp. 285–294)
  • Chapter 12, “Medical Transportation: Local Research Focus” (pp. 295–306)