_________ provisions are designed to increase access to health care coverage for individuals.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Detailed Summary. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will ensure that all Americans have access to quality, affordable health care and will create the transformation within the health care system necessary to. contain costs. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has determined that the Patient Protection and. The HHS Disparities Action Plan sets out a series of priorities, strategies, actions, and goals to achieve a vision of “a nation free of disparities in health and health care.” The ACA increases coverage options for low- and moderate-income populations and includes other provisions to address disparities. Improving the Quality and Efficiency of Health Care. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will improve the quality and efficiency of U.S. medical care services for everyone, and especially for those enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid. Addressing disparities in health and health care is not only important from a social justice standpoint, but also for improving the health of all Americans by achieving improvements in overall quality of care and population health. Moreover, health disparities are costly. This brief provides an introductory overview of health and health care disparities, including what disparities are and why they matter, the status of disparities today, and key efforts to address disparities, including provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and their impact on health coverage disparities. ANA wants to expand access to health coverage through these provisions in health reform legislation: • All individuals must have access to care that is timely, convenient and available in the community -in a word, accessible. - to make expansion of health insurance coverage truly meaningful. At a time when the number of people with inadequate or no health insurance is growing and health care and insurance costs. are rapidly outpacing wages and inflation, a restructured health care system must ensure that all individuals and families. have access to a standard package of essential health care services. provide chronic disease management, coordination of care, prevention, health education, and wellness programs –. services that are the foundation of health reform legislation. • Access to care will not be a reality unless there is a sufficient workforce of registered nurses that is welldistributed-. Health and health care disparities refer to differences in health and health care between population groups. Disparities occur across many dimensions, including race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, age, location, gender, disability status, and sexual orientation. A “health disparity” refers to a higher burden of illness, injury, disability, or mortality experienced by one population group relative to another. A “health care disparity” typically refers to differences between groups in health insurance coverage, access to and use of care, and quality of care.
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