Healthcare for Immigrants: A Policy to Benefit Everyone

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President Obama made hundreds of campaign promises. Obama’s health care task was among his most powerful and important. Several weeks after his inauguration, he moved to satisfy his health care pledge. He wanted the new bill to reflect his eight principles: guarantee choice, make health coverage affordable, protect families’ financial health, invest in prevention and wellness, provide portable coverage, aim for universality, improve patient safety and quality care, and maintain long-term fiscal sustainability (8 Simple Rules, 2009). President Obama used every traditional tool to achieve a very difficult piece of legislation. The healthcare reform law, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), was enacted in March 2010 (Frontline, 2010). The PPACA and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 are commonly known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Together, these acts are designed to reform health care in America (Day, 2010). The PPACA is a large and complex law with some effects already implemented and with some to be phased in over the next seven years. Starting in 2010, according to the American Nurses Association (ANA), the PPACA states young adults will be able stay on their parents' insurance until their 26th birthday, and insurers will be barred from imposing exclusions on children with pre-existing conditions; lifetime limits on benefits and restrictive annual limits will be prohibited; new plans issued after 2009 must provide coverage for preventive services without co-pays; high risk pools will cover uninsured adults with pre-existing health conditions until health care coverage exchanges are operational; seniors will get a $250 rebate to help fill the "doughnut hole" in Medicare prescription drug c... ... middle of paper ... ...Retrieved September 15, 2011, from http://www.wid.org 8 simple rules for health system reform: A new sounding board [Editorial]. (2009, May 4). Retrieved September 16, 2011, from http://www.ama-assn.org Frontline. (2010, April 13). Obama’s deal [Video file]. Retrieved from http://video.pbs.org Institute of Medicine. (2011). The future of nursing: Leading change, advancing health. Retrieved September 17, 2011, from http://www.rwjf.org Miller, A. (2010, March 22). FAQ: How health care reform will affect you. Retrieved September 17, 2011, from http://www.webmd.com Thomson Reuters. (2010, March 19). US healthcare bill would provide immediate benefits [Factbox]. Retrieved September 16, 2011, from http://www.reuters.com U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. (n.d.). Timeline: What’s changing and when. Retrieved September 17, 2011, from http://www.healthcare.gov

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