Posted: January 25th, 2016

Cost, Quality, Access and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)

OBJECTIVES:
1. Analyze the major provisions for decreasing cost, and increasing access to healthcare and quality of that care contained in the ACA.
2. Discuss the major comtemporary cost, quality, and access issues confronting healthcare delivery.

READINGS:
1. Patel, K.m. Masi, D. (2015). Five ways Obamacare has improved your health care. Brookings Institute. Access http:www.newsweek.com/five-ways-obamacare-has-improved-your-health-care-315909
2. Nix, K. (2016) Obamacare Undermines Physicans, Quality of Care. Heritage Foundations Center for Health Policy Studies. Access http:www.heritage.org/research/commentary/2012/08/obamacare-undermines-physican-quality-of-care
3. Pipes, S. 2008. “Myth Six: Universal coverage can be achieved by forcing everyone to buy health insurance.” In Top Ten Myths of American Health Care San Francisco: Pacific Research Institute. Pp 65-80
4. Pipes, S. 2008. “Myth Three: Forty-six million Americans can’t get health care.” In Top Ten Myths of American Health Care. San Francisco: Pacific Research Institute. Pp 31-40
5. No author. (2014). Study: Pre-Obamacare Health Insurance was better quality than exchange plans. Phylly.com, posted 9-18-14. Access https://www.philly.com/philly/health/healthcare-exchange/275507221.html#mEsBWKyudpW9FddL.99
6. McKinney, M.(2011). About that Quality Chasm. Modern Healthcare Access