Principles and foundations of health promotion and education (6th ed.). Read your classmates' posts and respond to at least two of your peers by Day 7. In your responses, discuss how you have been impacted by the Affordable Care Act and what, if any, revisions you would like to see made to better the program. Carl Miller Yesterday Jun 22 at 3:29pm
Manage Discussion Entry The affordable care act (ACA) was designed to ensure that all Americans had access to affordable health care. It was created with seemingly good intentions and has afforded millions of Americans the opportunity to obtain health care they previously could not. Being in the military since 2007 I never really had much at stake pre or post ACA. However, working in hospitals across the country I have seen the benefits that some have recieved from it. Additionally though, I have seen Americans with low paying jobs receive fines for not having health insurance. As if they could afford monetary punishment because they could not afford health insurance regardless of the availability provided as a result of the ACA. This to me seems quite rediculous.
The ACA has (maybe had, after we see the final result of Uncle Trumps changes) the ability to improve public more in the long run than in the immediate.
This is a problem for many Americans.
We want to see results now, not in ten years. An example would be the preventative benefits of affordable health care. Because people who would normally not be able to afford healthcare can now, it is more likely that during a doctor visit or screening, disease processes can be caught early, this results in better treatment and patient knowledge. Which in turn results in a healthier lifestyle and more manageable patient care vs the alternative that a patient misses an issue because they cannot afford a doctor visit and by the time they are seen, the disease process is so bad or debilitating the cost in monetary value is exponential and the quality of life is severely reduced.
A prime example of this is diabetes. I feel the impact on health education for the public can go both ways. On one hand, as I stated already, more routine visits to the doctors office has the potential to increase a patients heath knowledge and understanding of how to be healthy.
On the flip side, many medical providers complain of the increased workload and argue that patient care will rapidly decline as a result. Regardless, it was signed into law about seven years ago and it may be changing rather soon. But at the end of the day people will be people. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.